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Expert Believes Alleged iPhone 6 Sapphire Front Panel Could Be 'Legitimate'

peterdevries said:
True, but that reasoning doesn't really apply to Samsung I think. Together with Apple they sell the most cellphones on the planet and have numerous other gadgets with screens such as the gear fit (they cell 54 different cellphone models alone 😱).

That factory would not only produce glass for one cellphone type but for all future product lines. I think Samsung is easily able to produce and sell (combined) 70 million cellphones, gear fits and other hardware in the next 5 years. I'm not saying that they should and would, but I think Samsung is one of the very few manufacturers that could probably justify such an investment for their own products.
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They certainly can, but they won't. It's not in their nature to pioneer things. They usually look at what other people do and follow with their own modifications.
 
lightz39 said:
I really wish they would gtfo with the 5.5" brick. I'll warn you right now. You look like a douche holding that thing by your face.

4.7" for me, which sucks...because I like having the "best".
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First off, why would I care what you think I look like holding my phone, and I think most would say that you, by judging people by their phone size alone, are quite likely the only douche in the mix. I will have a great Friday, secure in my own person, holding my Galaxy Note 3. Hope you are able to get past your issues and do the same.
 
lightz39 said:
I really wish they would gtfo with the 5.5" brick. I'll warn you right now. You look like a douche holding that thing by your face.

4.7" for me, which sucks...because I like having the "best".
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How often would users who want a 5.5" phone hold it to their face?

One of my friends has a Sony phablet with a huge screen and he rarely makes calls on it. For him, what matters is document editing, web browsing and video watching.
 
thekeyring said:
How often would users who want a 5.5" phone hold it to their face?

One of my friends has a Sony phablet with a huge screen and he rarely makes calls on it. For him, what matters is document editing, web browsing and video watching.
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Not to mention if it were REALLY that big of a deal (it's not), wouldn't you use a bluetooth headset? (Which brings up a whole other discussion altogether)
 
There was a musical group in the sixties called the Sapphires who with some of their their song titles showed quite some foresight about this iPhone.

1.
Be Stiff
4.
Whoops A Daisy (after it shatters)
7.
Name Of The Game (SAMSUNG get ready to copy this)
10.
My Baby (iPhone) Must Be A Magician
12.
Who's Fooling Who (SAMSUNG)
17.
Out Of Luck (When Sapphire screens don't work)
9.
Who Do You Love (iOS or Android?)
11.
Rock Around The Clock (if your battery life allows so)

2.
Gee I'm Sorry Baby (When people switch back to iPhone)
3.
Thank You For Loving Me
4.
Oh So Soon (not really Apple)
5.
Gotta Be More Than Friends
6.
Slow Fizz
7.
Gotta Have Your Love
8.
Gonna Be A Big Thing (4.7 and 5.5")
9.
Where Is Johnny Now (Designing flats)
10.
Evil One SAMSUNG
11.
I Found Out Too Late
12.
How Could I Say Goodbye (to iOS ever)
S
2.
Gee I'm Sorry

2.
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (an Apple store if it breaks (A City Slick)
4.
Who Do You Love
20.
Funny (How Time Slips Away) (impatient Apple users)
22.
Dancing in the Street (When iPhone 6 is available)
24.
Mercy, Mercy (Phone pricing?)
9.
Big Bad World (Android)
12.
Please Don't Wake Me (put on do not disturb in iOS)
19.
Happy, That's Me (When I get a 128GB)
21.
Try The Worryin' Way
23.
Go Now
26.
Life And Soul Of The Party
30.
Baby That's Me

8.
If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know) (Mac Mini)
10.
It Comes And Goes (antenna gate)
11.
Baby, Baby (I Still Love You) yes, my 4S
13.
That's When The Tears Start (SAMSUNG seeing the iPhone 6 sales)
14.
What A Lonely Way To Start The Summertime (without an iPhone 6 until September)
17.
I'm Nobody's Baby Now
18.
You're So Fine (depends on the specs)
21.
A Friend Of Mine (switched to iPhone)
23.
Cause I Love Him
26.
I Won't Tell
28.
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Gazelle)
29.
Walking In Different Circles
30.
The Hideaway (Apple store stacks of phones in the back)
9.
Nightmare (Antenna lines on the back too thick)
10.
She Don't Deserve You (Give her only a 16GB)
14.
I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy
15.

16.
Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You) leaving fro Android
17.
Sophisticated Boom Boom with beats earphones
21.
Wanna Make Him Mine
23.
Big-Town Boy
24.
Daddy You Gotta Let Him In
25.
After Last Night
26.
How Can I Tell My Mom & Dad to switch to a smart phone
27.
Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye
30.
Good, Good Lovin'

2.
Don't Drag No More pinch to zoom , multitasking
5.
Some Of Your Lovin'
7.
Thank Goodness For The Rain (we can test if it's real waterproof)
8.
Steady Boyfriend
13.
I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
14.
He Makes Me So Mad
17.
We Don't Belong
21.
Who Do You Love
23.
They Never Taught That In School
24.
Dressed In Black or SLATE
25.
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya
27.
Mister Loveman
28.
Make The Night A Little Younger
30.
Good Night Baby (when I put it to charge)
 
So Apple just need to create scratch-less anodized edges now, since the iPhone 5/5S scratches like silly.

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Thunderhawks said:
There was a musical group in the sixties called the Sapphires who with some of their their song titles showed quite some foresight about this iPhone.

1.
Be Stiff
4.
Whoops A Daisy (after it shatters)
7.
Name Of The Game (SAMSUNG get ready to copy this)
10.
My Baby (iPhone) Must Be A Magician
12.
Who's Fooling Who (SAMSUNG)
17.
Out Of Luck (When Sapphire screens don't work)
9.
Who Do You Love (iOS or Android?)
11.
Rock Around The Clock (if your battery life allows so)

2.
Gee I'm Sorry Baby (When people switch back to iPhone)
3.
Thank You For Loving Me
4.
Oh So Soon (not really Apple)
5.
Gotta Be More Than Friends
6.
Slow Fizz
7.
Gotta Have Your Love
8.
Gonna Be A Big Thing (4.7 and 5.5")
9.
Where Is Johnny Now (Designing flats)
10.
Evil One SAMSUNG
11.
I Found Out Too Late
12.
How Could I Say Goodbye (to iOS ever)
S
2.
Gee I'm Sorry

2.
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (an Apple store if it breaks (A City Slick)
4.
Who Do You Love
20.
Funny (How Time Slips Away) (impatient Apple users)
22.
Dancing in the Street (When iPhone 6 is available)
24.
Mercy, Mercy (Phone pricing?)
9.
Big Bad World (Android)
12.
Please Don't Wake Me (put on do not disturb in iOS)
19.
Happy, That's Me (When I get a 128GB)
21.
Try The Worryin' Way
23.
Go Now
26.
Life And Soul Of The Party
30.
Baby That's Me

8.
If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know) (Mac Mini)
10.
It Comes And Goes (antenna gate)
11.
Baby, Baby (I Still Love You) yes, my 4S
13.
That's When The Tears Start (SAMSUNG seeing the iPhone 6 sales)
14.
What A Lonely Way To Start The Summertime (without an iPhone 6 until September)
17.
I'm Nobody's Baby Now
18.
You're So Fine (depends on the specs)
21.
A Friend Of Mine (switched to iPhone)
23.
Cause I Love Him
26.
I Won't Tell
28.
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Gazelle)
29.
Walking In Different Circles
30.
The Hideaway (Apple store stacks of phones in the back)
9.
Nightmare (Antenna lines on the back too thick)
10.
She Don't Deserve You (Give her only a 16GB)
14.
I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy
15.

16.
Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You) leaving fro Android
17.
Sophisticated Boom Boom with beats earphones
21.
Wanna Make Him Mine
23.
Big-Town Boy
24.
Daddy You Gotta Let Him In
25.
After Last Night
26.
How Can I Tell My Mom & Dad to switch to a smart phone
27.
Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye
30.
Good, Good Lovin'

2.
Don't Drag No More pinch to zoom , multitasking
5.
Some Of Your Lovin'
7.
Thank Goodness For The Rain (we can test if it's real waterproof)
8.
Steady Boyfriend
13.
I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
14.
He Makes Me So Mad
17.
We Don't Belong
21.
Who Do You Love
23.
They Never Taught That In School
24.
Dressed In Black or SLATE
25.
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya
27.
Mister Loveman
28.
Make The Night A Little Younger
30.
Good Night Baby (when I put it to charge)
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Gosh, you need to get out more.

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thekeyring said:
How often would users who want a 5.5" phone hold it to their face?

One of my friends has a Sony phablet with a huge screen and he rarely makes calls on it. For him, what matters is document editing, web browsing and video watching.
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Then he should both get more friends and buy a tablet.
 
thasan said:
i wonder how many ppl carry sand papers AND an iphone in their pocket 😀

p.s. many carbides, used in sandpapers will scratch sapphire, just because those carbides are, 'by the laws of physics' able to scratch sapphire.
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Almost everyone carries sand and paper in their pockets. Most scratches on GG come, not from keys and metal, but the hard quartz of tine dust and dirt particles in their pockets.

Now that you have learned something new today, you can again shut off your brain:-D
 
NoNothing said:
The production of Saphire is publuc domain (mostly) but the post processing might be very new. This covers laminates, bonding, etching and others things. The second processes might (we know some are) be heavily patented.
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Why do you repeat exactly what I was saying?
 
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If only they could coat the entire phone in a similar material. It seems that I won't need a screen protector, but my keys and anything else will likely still scratch the body of the phone.
 
Holy crap, the guy in the video talks like a white person, would never have guessed by just the voiceover. 😱 So cool. 😀
 
"Alford concurs: "In my opinion the screen being shown off in the video could well be a sapphire screen. If you make sapphire thin enough, and it’s flaw free, you can bend it quite considerably because it has an enormous strength."

He added: “I think they will be doing some sort of a lamination – binding different crystal cuts of sapphire together – boosting the toughness of the material, while they may also have induced some sort of a strain in the surface of the glass – either compression or tension – which means that it has extra strength,” he said."

All the reasons he gives are exactly why that is not a sapphire screen.
Waaay too much labor, cost, high error margin, etc. There is no reason for Apple to use this over Gorrilla Glass 3 for the new iPhones. And I believe that is what is being shown in the video.
Sapphire will be for the wearables.
 
As an expert in waterfowl, I’d suggest that it’s possible the screen shown in this video could actually be a duck. It’s remarkable what you can do with graphics without an animation team these days.

That being said, if I’m right I might take issue with this dude stabbing it...
 
According to news.investors.com Apple's new iPhone may be all glass.

http://news.investors.com/technolog...pushing-new-smartphone-designs.htm?ntt=iPhone

Meanwhile, Apple has patented a method of building seamless all-glass smartphones and other devices, AppleInsider reported Tuesday. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Apple the patent on Monday.
Apple said its construction technique would ensure durability, a lightweight design and eye-pleasing aesthetics. It could be used in portable devices as well as desktop monitors or televisions, AppleInsider said.
The patented glass-fusing technology may never make its way to the consumer market, but it has captured the imaginations of a lot of gadget lovers.
Apple's upcoming iPhone 6 smartphone line is expected to use a sapphire crystal screen that is super scratch resistant and shatterproof. Technology bloggers this week began posting videos and photos putting the upcoming iPhone 6 screen through punishing tests and emerging unscathed, as Business Insider reported.
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Mac Rumors should check into this if it's true.
 
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