Sapphire Displays to See Major Step Forward With Lower Reflectivity

[Serban]

I poop myself, i need to go to the bathroom to change because its getting very hard to breath inhere

You heard it here first folks

 

[2457282]

Your comment is a little deflective when you know when people say sapphire on the iPhone they mean one thing and one thing only: a sapphire screen. The sapphire screen is the only thing anyone is talking about. The camera and home button, beyond pedanticism, are not even worth mentioning. The sapphire requirements for those two components are minuscule and tried and true tech.

Sapphire on the watch doesn't require any new patents. Sapphire has been used in watches for decades. It's much much thicker and has tremendously smaller dimensions. Easy peasy, relatively speaking. If the technology and patents Apple has are courtesy of GTAT, then they don't have what it takes to get it done right. GTAT had more than a quantity problem. They had a quality problem as well trying to create super sized boules. Apple's lamination patent is also confusing. According to the patent MR posted, the 100% sapphire is the substrate with increasing quantities of glass topping out at 100% glass. If that's the case (IF I read it correctly) how would that help with scratch resistance?

Apple may have something cooking. Heck, the sapphire tested by DisplayMate could be from Apple... or Corning, or Asahi Glass Co. (they make dragontail, an alternative to Gorilla Glass). I just think your optimism is a little outside of reality based on the known facts. Based on the unknown facts? You could be right on the money.

Yes, I was being a little cheeky. But people do seem to forget that Apple is into sapphire already. As for the screen, you are correct that I am speculating a bit. My point is exactly what you stated, there are unknown facts. We do know that Apple is interested in sapphire and we know that they are researching how to over come issues associated with, thickness and cutting - both of which there have been pattents for. I therefore do not believe it's a big jump to state that "Apple has something cooking." The only question for me is how far along is the recipe and when will the cake be ready.

 

[Mac-Mac-McAfee]

We'll see holographic displays before sapphire is used on any iPhone. Give it up.

 

[jp555]

But what about clear aluminum?

Sapphire is transparent aluminum.

Sapphire is trigonal crystal aluminum oxide (Al2O3)

 

[Tycho24]

Did you happen to read the 2nd half of the article?

Looks like you stopped reading the article half way down....

did you actually read the article summary? like to the bottom of the screen?

Lol, I don't think he even made it through the article TITLE!!! =P

 

[CPx]

I want nothing less than transparent adamantium.

 

[rlhamil]

Sapphire is aluminum oxide, specifically α-Al₂O₃. That's one kind of transparent aluminum. Another is aluminum oxynitride (ALON™), which is easier to manufacture (more like pottery or porcelain than like growing crystals), but only about 85% as hard. Pure aluminum cannot (AFAIK) be transparent, unless it's ridiculously thin, oxidizes easily (although the oxidized layer is protective, unlike rust on iron); and is not all that strong or hard.