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Apple Begins Hiring for Arizona Sapphire Plant with Focus on iPhone and iPod
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And if helps stop hardware leaks that's a good thing too. There were zero Mac Pro leaks prior to being announced last June.
I agree. I think that for now we are looking at co-existance with both GG and saphire living in the same device. for the iWatch I can see it going exclusively saphire - since its strapped to the wrist I think the scratch resistance becomes more important (which is why most high end watches go this route). On the phone where drops still cause screen breaks, I think the new GG is the way to go.
The iPod touch is dead, just like the iWatch project. Smart phones have similar functions and generate more revenue (and do not have unusable small displays). Or in other words: Dream on!
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Or for the PowerBook G5.
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Wild guess:
Ive -> Tim: If we laminate sapphire onto gorilla glass, the iphone would be super scratch resistant and feel great. Also, we might need it for the iWatch.
Tim: Great, I'll see what i can do
Tim -> Sapphire company: We want a lot of sapphire.
Sapphire co. -> Tim: We don't have a big enough facility, sorry.
Tim: We'll buy you a facility, but we want exclusivity.
Sapphire co. -> Deal!
Ive -> Tim: If we laminate sapphire onto gorilla glass, the iphone would be super scratch resistant and feel great. Also, we might need it for the iWatch.
Tim: Great, I'll see what i can do
Tim -> Sapphire company: We want a lot of sapphire.
Sapphire co. -> Tim: We don't have a big enough facility, sorry.
Tim: We'll buy you a facility, but we want exclusivity.
Sapphire co. -> Deal!
In this case, GT's sapphire production was already being done in the US.
The move from Massachusetts to Arizona was likely because electricity is about half the price, and sapphire production takes a lot of electricity.
The move from Massachusetts to Arizona was likely because electricity is about half the price, and sapphire production takes a lot of electricity.
Yes, the specific mention of iPod here…. implies that there is a future for iPod manufacturing. iPod still has some life left for the foreseeable future.
Yea, but
Yea Gorilla glass is strong but bottom line is that if you drop your phone on the glass face down or even on the edge, it is still very likely to break. This is not an iPhone thing, it is a phone thing. My organization just got new phones a few weeks back (we get new ones every fall) and within a week, two had been broken. One of them was on the knee of someone kneeling down and it fell less than 2 feet to the ground. My point is, phone glass is still a major weak point and any improvements are needed and appreciated. Numbers like you stated in your post of 150 pounds and marketing spin do not change the fact that phone glass still breaks easily when the phone is dropped.
Yea Gorilla glass is strong but bottom line is that if you drop your phone on the glass face down or even on the edge, it is still very likely to break. This is not an iPhone thing, it is a phone thing. My organization just got new phones a few weeks back (we get new ones every fall) and within a week, two had been broken. One of them was on the knee of someone kneeling down and it fell less than 2 feet to the ground. My point is, phone glass is still a major weak point and any improvements are needed and appreciated. Numbers like you stated in your post of 150 pounds and marketing spin do not change the fact that phone glass still breaks easily when the phone is dropped.
