A lot of people commenting about brittle sapphire and cracked screens are missing the point. Apple can easily laminate a thin layer of sapphire on top of a sheet of glass, making it durable and scratch-proof as well. And I'm sure many here are too new to remember the anguish in 2007 when Apple announced that the screen of the as-yet-unreleased iPhone would be glass instead of plastic. As if Apple engineers aren't aware of the physical properties of the materials they're making stuff out of 