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I see large screens everywhere. I can't see sapphire screens anywhere.


Exactly why sapphire is a big deal. We didn't see GG everywhere either until the iPhone used it. Apple will bring sapphire to the masses.
 
LOL at all of you who are getting so worked up over some corporation "copying" another. I'm sure Tim appreciates it. It's hilarious. :D

But since we're talking about copying. Need I remind you Apple is copying Google by having shared bikes around their campus. I know, Apple's going to do it better and they'll be Apple Magic Bikes. Everyone copies.


Plural of sheep is 'sheep'. Like deer and fish.

You're supposed to put the quotation mark outside the period. ;)
 
TBH a scratched screen has never been a problem for me. (iPhone 3GS up to iPhone 5 then SGS3 up to SGS5) whatever they used was fine. Battery life has always been a bit of an issue with all phones so it would be nice if they concentrated more on that issue or waterproofing.
 
Lol what a moron.
I congratulate to apple that made you belive their bullsh.t...
Where are apple's hardware factories? Nowhere:D
This is crapple... Buys someones hardware component and build up "their" product with another company. Ohh and patent ridicious drawed sketches LOL:D

So no who is real innovator and real wolrd moving forward company?
Of course Samsung is, and some others, except apple.

Umm... You do not know difference between designing and manufacturing. Also you do not know what patent is right? Apple decides to how will their products work, which components will be used, what will they do then send ''blueprints'' to other companies to manufacture them. Also, what did you expected from patents? A sculpture? Of course they are ''ridiculous drawer sketches''. But you can always go to an Android website, they will up vote your post even it's idiotic but umm... Macrumors is not a suitable website for this. Good night.
 
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Apple saved Corning. You can thank Steve Jobs for GG on your smartphone.

Apple did not "save" Corning. If anything, Corning saved Apple from selling a touch phone with a plastic face that would've been a scratch nightmare.

A couple of years before Jobs approached them, Corning had already been working on the previously named Gorilla Glass project, because Motorola had switched to a glass front on their Razr V3, and Corning wanted to be the supplier for all the later phones that were expected to use glass.

Yes, the order for the iPhone convinced Corning to finish up the project and start mass production, but GG was not invented solely because of Jobs.

Moreover, Corning certainly has plenty of other business. Specialty glass like GG and others combined is only about 16% of their revenue, even now that far more devices use it.
 
What's with this old sapphire glass technology?

I thought the future is about flexible and self healing unbreakable display? Samsung and LG are already working on this.
 
Samsung and LG Reportedly Exploring Sapphire Crystal Displays

Apple did not "save" Corning. If anything, Corning saved Apple from selling a touch phone with a plastic face that would've been a scratch nightmare.

A couple of years before Jobs approached them, Corning had already been working on the previously named Gorilla Glass project, because Motorola had switched to a glass front on their Razr V3, and Corning wanted to be the supplier for all the later phones that were expected to use glass.

Yes, the order for the iPhone convinced Corning to finish up the project and start mass production, but GG was not invented solely because of Jobs.

Moreover, Corning certainly has plenty of other business. Specialty glass like GG and others combined is only about 16% of their revenue, even now that far more devices use it.


Yes they were saved by Apple. Apple brought the mass scale to Corning they have never realized. Along with that was GG on every smartphone. Plastic screen phones were commonplace before the iPhone.

Wait for sapphire. Apple will pave the way for masses yet again.
 
How many generations did it take them to increase the screen size? Exactly. Samsung hears a queef of a rumor and they're making a mad dash to copy it ASAP.


I couldn't honestly tell you exactly how many generations it took them. But I would guess just one.
 
Why is it that the media runs with the "Apple can't innovate anymore" theme? It seems like every year they innovate and the competition follows soon thereafter. Touch ID last year, affordable sapphire this year. Trust me, we will see Samsung adopting Apple's ways for years to come. Every other tech company gets a pass on innovation, yet Apple has to reinvent the wheel every 3 years, or else they are killed in the media, especially in the financial sector.

It's because they set the bar so high.
 
uh uh...

Following the leader again ...... I bet if Apple took a running jump of a cliff, Samsung and all other manufactures would follow...

*now i know why i play Lemmings* :p
 
That article says nothing about Corning in 2007. This one does, http://www.ksdk.com/story/money/2013/10/19/3053959/

His article pointed out that Apple accounts for less than 3% of Corning's sales.

Your article... from a local St Louis news channel... simply says that a Harrodsburg, Kentucky plant making LCD panels might have closed if they hadn't been given the Gorilla Glass production.

Corning itself was in zero danger.
 
His article pointed out that Apple accounts for less than 3% of Corning's sales.

Your article... from a local St Louis news channel... simply says that a Harrodsburg, Kentucky plant making LCD panels might have closed if they hadn't been given the Gorilla Glass production.

Corning itself was in zero danger.


3% today and has nothing to do with Corning in 2007.

Prior to 2007 Corning was on the decline.

"The office of Wendell Weeks, Corning’s CEO, is on the second floor, looking out onto the Chemung River. It was here that Steve Jobs gave the 53-year-old Weeks a seemingly impossible task: Make millions of square feet of ultrathin, ultrastrong glass that didn’t yet exist. Oh, and do it in six months. The story of their collaboration—including Jobs’ attempt to lecture Weeks on the principles of glass and his insistence that such a feat could be accomplished—is well known. How Corning actually pulled it off is not."

http://www.wired.com/2012/09/ff-corning-gorilla-glass/all/

iPhone brought GG to the masses, sorry you can't accept that. The same will happen with sapphire despite as much as you'll deny that too.
 
3% today and has nothing to do with Corning in 2007.

Prior to 2007 Corning was on the decline.

"The office of Wendell Weeks, Corning’s CEO, is on the second floor, looking out onto the Chemung River. It was here that Steve Jobs gave the 53-year-old Weeks a seemingly impossible task: Make millions of square feet of ultrathin, ultrastrong glass that didn’t yet exist. Oh, and do it in six months. The story of their collaboration—including Jobs’ attempt to lecture Weeks on the principles of glass and his insistence that such a feat could be accomplished—is well known. How Corning actually pulled it off is not."

http://www.wired.com/2012/09/ff-corning-gorilla-glass/all/

iPhone brought GG to the masses, sorry you can't accept that. The same will happen with sapphire despite as much as you'll deny that too.

Would you PLEASE stop embarrassing yourself now... http://www.corning.com/2008_proxy/2007_Annual_Report.pdf

"Corning Incorporated’s strong performance continued in 2007. We delivered an outstanding year with notable successes across our broad range of markets and technologies. We also achieved all-time records for net income, at $2.15 billion, earnings per share, at $1.34, and operating cash flow, at $2.1 billion."

Just so you stop, but I doubt you will, here is the 2006 report before Steve Jobs came to their rescue on this white horse

http://files.shareholder.com/downlo...9-4FD9-B629-455ACF680EBD/GLW_2006AR_Proxy.pdf

"FINANCIAL HEALTH:
Our financial health remains strong. In 2006, we strengthened our credit ratings with all three of the major rating agencies. We ended the year with approximately $3.2 billion in cash and short-term investments and $1.7 billion in total out- standing debt. For the second year in a row, we had more cash than debt. With these accomplishments, we believe we are well-equipped to weather potential volatility in our businesses as we continue to invest in our future.

IMPROVING PROFITABILITY:
It was a banner year for earnings growth. We dramatically improved profitability. Sales grew to $5.17 billion and gross margins, at 44 percent, were the highest in our company’s history. We also achieved all-time records for net income, at $1.85 billion, and for earnings per share, at $1.16."
 
Would you PLEASE stop embarrassing yourself now... http://www.corning.com/2008_proxy/2007_Annual_Report.pdf

"Corning Incorporated’s strong performance continued in 2007. We delivered an outstanding year with notable successes across our broad range of markets and technologies. We also achieved all-time records for net income, at $2.15 billion, earnings per share, at $1.34, and operating cash flow, at $2.1 billion."

Just so you stop, but I doubt you will, here is the 2006 report before Steve Jobs came to their rescue on this white horse

http://files.shareholder.com/downlo...9-4FD9-B629-455ACF680EBD/GLW_2006AR_Proxy.pdf

"FINANCIAL HEALTH:
Our financial health remains strong. In 2006, we strengthened our credit ratings with all three of the major rating agencies. We ended the year with approximately $3.2 billion in cash and short-term investments and $1.7 billion in total out- standing debt. For the second year in a row, we had more cash than debt. With these accomplishments, we believe we are well-equipped to weather potential volatility in our businesses as we continue to invest in our future.

IMPROVING PROFITABILITY:
It was a banner year for earnings growth. We dramatically improved profitability. Sales grew to $5.17 billion and gross margins, at 44 percent, were the highest in our company’s history. We also achieved all-time records for net income, at $1.85 billion, and for earnings per share, at $1.16."

Whoa calm down. The point is that GG was brought to the masses due to the original iPhone. Same will happen with sapphire.

Only because Apple didn't do it first you don't see it.

Bigger screens isn't innovation.
 
Samsung? No way. I don't believe it. Samsung is a pioneer in the tech industry and I'm sure they are looking at skipping sapphire and moving straight to diamond screens. I'm sure of it. It's diamond clear to me.

Manufacturing diamond sheets is actually quite feasible now - but even if you weren't jesting it would be impractical for screens. While diamond is extremely scratch-resistant, it's very brittle. So is sapphire, which is probably one reason Samsung has ruled it out in the past, but they're obviously going to give in due to market demands.

With watch crystals it's a tradeoff - presetressed mineral glass (and gorilla glass) are designed to be very impact resistant but can scratch quite easily (even gorilla glass). Sapphire is very scratch resistant (only two common materials boast a higher rating on the Mohs scale) but it is comparatively more prone to shattering on impact. Watch crystals are able to minimize the risk through careful destressing and shaping.

See: http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...dvantages-over-sapphire-in-side-by-side-tests

It will be interesting to see how Apple resolves the issue.
 
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