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.
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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. 
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.
You're supposed to put the quotation mark outside the period.
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.
You're supposed to put the quotation mark outside the period.
Okay... I guess that Corning just forgot to list Apple as one of their customers?
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla
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.
http://techland.time.com/2013/01/11...a-glass-you-with-the-cracked-phone-read-this/
Apple saved Corning. You can thank Steve Jobs for GG on your smartphone. The same will happen with sapphire.
Lol what a moron.
I congratulate to apple that made you belive their bullsh.t...
Where are apple's hardware factories? Nowhere
This is crapple... Buys someones hardware component and build up "their" product with another company. Ohh and patent ridicious drawed sketches LOL
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 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.
Samsung and LG Reportedly Exploring Sapphire Crystal Displays
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.
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.
I couldn't honestly tell you exactly how many generations it took them. But I would guess just one.
lol read this and get educated http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatsp...sapphire-may-not-have-much-impact-on-corning/
They were not even close to being "saved" by Apple.
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.
3% today and has nothing to do with Corning in 2007.
Prior to 2007 Corning was on the decline.
"The office of Wendell Weeks, Cornings 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 didnt yet exist. Oh, and do it in six months. The story of their collaborationincluding Jobs attempt to lecture Weeks on the principles of glass and his insistence that such a feat could be accomplishedis 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."
Mr Gorilla Glass won't like this
Corning is going bananas over this. Meanwhile Samsung is aping Apple again.
See what I did there?
hehe. its because apple didnt credit corning as the maker of iphone glass until what, 2012 or something. looks like they wanted their product, but not share the success!? who knows.
/edit: here an article about that
Whoa calm down. The point is that GG was brought to the masses due to the original iPhone. Same will happen with sapphire.
Bigger screens isn't innovation.
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.