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Sapphire Glass might not be real

Badrottie

Badrottie

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I thought Sapphire Glass on the back camera will not break or scratched at all. I think Apple lied to you. Here is the picture of my iPhone 6 Plus
And I went to Apple Store to see about this. They said there is nothing wrong with it. Wow they mean it?? This is only 5 weeks old phone! Oh well. I have no idea how it got scratched. I was very careful with my baby.
 

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Unless it affects your camera directly when taking pictures, I wouldn't worry about that.
 
The ring around the camera is made of anodised aluminium, not glass. As it stands proud of the casing it was always bound to pick up knocks unless you're extremely careful, or use a case.
If the glass itself is scratched too, then unless you used a diamond to do so it probably isn't sapphire...
 
Take the damn diamonds out of your pocket!

I checked my launch day 6 and it still looks perfectly fine with no scratches. Touch ID also looks fine.
 
Surf Monkey said:
What in the world would have led you to that conclusion? Apple didn't lie to you. You got the wrong impression.
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Well sapphire is a 9 on that scale I can not recall the name of right now. The only thing that's a 10 is diamond. So diamond is the hardest thing we know of here on earth. Sapphire can break and shatter but shouldn't scratch very easily at all.
 
Interestingly enough, the home button on my brand new 6+ has a long scratch across the entire thing. It doesn't effect functionality, but I'm not carrying around diamonds in my pocket, so I have no idea how it happened.
 

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You really beat the hell out of the phone. It deserves a case to protect the back and camera. :eek:
 
Sapphire can be scratched by materials of equal or greater hardness. Corundum (base mineral of sapphires) is found naturally in some sand, sandpaper, and probably other places. I don't find it that surprising that whatever scuffed the heck out of the metal ring around the lens in OP's picture contained corundum. Maybe it slid on pavement or something with sand or bits of corundum-containing grit? Wiping the lens down with fabric isn't going to cause that kind of scuffing on metal, let alone the sapphire.
 
Cergman said:
Interestingly enough, the home button on my brand new 6+ has a long scratch across the entire thing. It doesn't effect functionality, but I'm not carrying around diamonds in my pocket, so I have no idea how it happened.
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That's weird. Never seen that before.
 
sunking101 said:
The ring around the camera is made of anodised aluminium, not glass. As it stands proud of the casing it was always bound to pick up knocks unless you're extremely careful, or use a case.
If the glass itself is scratched too, then unless you used a diamond to do so it probably isn't sapphire...
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You dont need diamond to scratch sapphire. Unsure why everyone thinks this.

Rub your lense back and forth on the pavement/sidewalk then take a look at it ;)
 
Sapphire is a hard surface but its not impossible to scuff up as others stated. Plus it seems the majority of scratches are around the aluminum ring.
 
Sapphire is not as hard as we all have been led to believe as I have had to have the sapphire crystal replaced on my watch when I accidentally glanced off a stucco wall while biking. It will catch and I highly doubt the wall had any diamonds imbedded in it. Sapphire is quite hard though and is a great choice for applications like this.

I will have to agree with the others and it looks like the OP beat the heck out of his phine and I doubt that Apple will honor any type of warranty for the scratches.
 
There's a part in the Apple Watch video where they say "hardest transparent material next to diamond." Meaning that not transparent materials can scratch it, but it's still pretty tough.
 
Jimmy James said:
Sapphire is scratchable. It's just more resistant than other materials.
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To diamond and moissanite. Force and impact are different parameters, but unless diamond got in touch with it, then there's nothing that should cause the glass any scratches.

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ebika said:
Sapphire can be scratched by materials of equal or greater hardness. Corundum (base mineral of sapphires) is found naturally in some sand, sandpaper, and probably other places. I don't find it that surprising that whatever scuffed the heck out of the metal ring around the lens in OP's picture contained corundum. Maybe it slid on pavement or something with sand or bits of corundum-containing grit? Wiping the lens down with fabric isn't going to cause that kind of scuffing on metal, let alone the sapphire.
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That is also a possibility. Well put.
 
To the op. If your iPhone is only 5 weeks old, you haven't treated it well. Had mine since day one with no scratches. Although to be honest my iPhone 5 had no scratches after 2 years of service. I suggest a case based on your stewardship.
 
Mine is flawless. People who say they "baby" their device, but then post pictures like this or a bent phone and then say "I don't know how this happened" are being dishonest.
 
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