Apple to Build Sapphire Glass Manufacturing Plant in Arizona

[xdhd350]

I know Texas is big, but you need to look at the entire country. I work in an industry where the line workers are over 90% hispanic.

Agreed, Thunderhawks. I know there are situations like your industry as you pointed out. There are also many, perhaps a bit smaller manufacturing ops in areas like the mid west where the hispanic population percentage is somewhat lower and those jobs are filled by other than hispanics.

It would be interesting to know what the real percentage is at the national level.

 

[iHateLaggyStuff]

You can already buy phones with a sapphire touch screen:

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Of course, they also have a titanium chassis, 24/7 concierge service, and cost around $10,000

And run an outdated Android version. *shiver*

 

[SPUY767]

I think some (not necessarily you) may be confusing the use of a crystal (usually quartz) in a watch for it's timekeeping properties (piezoelectric frequency), with the use of a different type of crystal (in this case sapphire) in a watch FACE.

Quartz crystals for timekeeping are usually used in electronic watches, not in mechanical watches. Mechanical watches are usually spring-based and must be wound. I don't think sapphire is used for timekeeping because I don't think it has the same piezoelectric properties as quartz, and even if so it would be a very tiny piece per watch.

Sapphire is often used in watch faces since it is quite durable and of course transparent.

I was referring to the crystals used internally to reduce friction on the moving parts, but yes, high end watches have had sapphire faces for decades.