Apple Experimented with Sapphire Crystal Displays, Found Them Infeasible
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j4zb4
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Jack97
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Oh, okay - thanks!
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in·fea·si·ble [in-fee-zuh-buhl]
adjective
not feasible; impracticable.
Both are possible.
thefourthpope
macrumors 65816
Sapphire iRing
You know what else was unique about the Vertu phones!!!!
They were made from LIQUIDMETAL.. Fact is, Liquidmetal is injection molded and can be mass produced in the quantities Apple wants and it's "cost efficient and scalable". All we need is a factory full of Engel injection molding machines and this will become a reality.
I am getting excited for my future
They were made from LIQUIDMETAL.. Fact is, Liquidmetal is injection molded and can be mass produced in the quantities Apple wants and it's "cost efficient and scalable". All we need is a factory full of Engel injection molding machines and this will become a reality.
I am getting excited for my future
Four oF NINE
macrumors 68000
There was a post in an earlier thread a few weeks back that linked to some information on that. Gorilla glass screen accounts for about $3 per device. A sapphire crystal would cost ten times as much, around $30 per device. If I'm paying $399 for a 64 GB phone, I'd gladly pay another $30 for scratch invincibility.
TsMkLg068426
macrumors 68000
How many carrots will this new iPhone be?
WestonHarvey1
macrumors 68030
Starting with LSD.
doctor-don
macrumors 68000
Impractical.
Sapphire ranks 9.0 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Diamond is 10.
Anyone who wants can read more details in a search on the internet.
linuxophile
macrumors regular
Infeasible
They found it Infeasible!
That's Unteresting!
They found it Infeasible!
That's Unteresting!
Ivanovitchk
macrumors regular
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...n-protector-for-iphone-4-4s/widget/video.html
Unfaisible ? My a**
it's available in retail now with small production volume as 100% sapphire crystal (clear not blue) adhesive screen protectors
the company behind sold the iphone 5 cutout for $50 on their kickstarter project
with apple's volumes it would cost them what.. 20$ ? Still, I believe Corning sells their chemically-strenghtened "gorilla" glass for less. I doubt apple would have producation/tooling issues with sapphire as they already use it for camera cover and generally deal very well with raw materials (aluminium bricks, cermaics, glass, ...)
Unfaisible ? My a**
it's available in retail now with small production volume as 100% sapphire crystal (clear not blue) adhesive screen protectors
the company behind sold the iphone 5 cutout for $50 on their kickstarter project
with apple's volumes it would cost them what.. 20$ ? Still, I believe Corning sells their chemically-strenghtened "gorilla" glass for less. I doubt apple would have producation/tooling issues with sapphire as they already use it for camera cover and generally deal very well with raw materials (aluminium bricks, cermaics, glass, ...)
For those still wondering why Saphire is a desirable display material, while cornings own ads show their product is more resistant to shattering by a fair margin (though Saphire is still very strong) Saphire requires 17.5 more force than gorilla glass 3 to scratch. That's the difference between a human butt and a pick up truck.
a0me
macrumors 65816
patent10021
macrumors 68040
The home button really needs to go. It's possible to do so I don't know why they insist on keeping it. You could still get into DFU mode using say a combo of the power button and both volume buttons. Companies don't like products to last long. I believe they want to keep at least one manual button on there for that purpose.
Planned Obsolescence
It WOULD make the display bigger if they did get rid of the 'Home button'
mrxak
macrumors 68000
They put in on the camera lens because it was the right material for the job. That doesn't mean it's the right material for anything else.
alexgowers
macrumors 65816
Infeasible is OK and seen as a more definite version of Unfeasible. It's very rarely used too, so appears odd both verbally and written.
I think 99% of English speaking people think it not only sounds stupid but could be constituted as poor English.
And yes you really speak British English not American English because you're not native to the Americas. Real Americans don't even speak English.
I think 99% of English speaking people think it not only sounds stupid but could be constituted as poor English.
And yes you really speak British English not American English because you're not native to the Americas. Real Americans don't even speak English.
mrxak
macrumors 68000
Four oF NINE
macrumors 68000
Infeasible, unfeasible, non feasible.. whatever.. who cares? you get the point, no?