iPhone 11 Pro Max Beauty of Sapphire Lens

[Madtiger27]

I know that there is talk that the camera lens on the iPhone is not sapphire…….but i think that it is…..but whatever it is, it is damn tough!

My son dropped his iPhone 11 PM on concrete sidewalk while using Otterbox Symmetry Case. The phone decided to jump out of the case and slid some distance on concrete. The rear glass is cracked. The steel ring around the lenses took a beating BUT the sapphire lens remains perfect.

So, we got him Defender case afterwards.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Must of been a hell of an impact. Hopefully you have AppleCare+..

 

[Madtiger27]

Must of been a hell of an impact. Hopefully you have AppleCare+..

Nope. Thus Defender case now.

 

[bsamcash]

I know that there is talk that the camera lens on the iPhone is not sapphire

There's talk that it's not sapphire? According to Apple it is.

 

[Madtiger27]

There's talk that it's not sapphire? According to Apple it is.

I believe that it is sapphire…but on Youtube, there is some discussion whether it really is or not. I think that it is a thin layer of sapphire on top of regular glass…kinda like Sapphlex on Seiko watches in the old days.

 

[akash.nu]

I believe that it is sapphire…but on Youtube, there is some discussion whether it really is or not. I think that it is a thin layer of sapphire on top of regular glass…kinda like Sapphlex on Seiko watches in the old days.

It’s not sapphire as per Jerry Riggs

 

[Madtiger27]

It’s not sapphire as per Jerry Riggs

Yeah, i read that the thin sapphire layer cracked with those picks??? So, it is not a scratch but microscopic cracks??

Anyway…concrete pavement vs. iPhone 11 lens…lens won.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

It’s not sapphire as per Jerry Riggs

He actually said it is sapphire, but when examined under an electron microscope it's full of impurities when compared to other sapphire watch crystals which lowers it's ability to resist scratching. It's definitely better than the Ion-X glass..