What's the deal with sapphire glass, or is it all just hype?

[Norbury]

That would be my guess too. If they can't make a deposit technique for carbon in the production of graphene yet... I would say graphene is diamond but just 1 atom thick.

It's a damn sight easier to deposit diamond than graphene, the control needed to keep it to a single layer is phenomenal.

 

[jlabute]

optically clear

It's a damn sight easier to deposit diamond than graphene, the control needed to keep it to a single layer is phenomenal.

The advantage of diamond or graphene is they are also optically clear. I haven't heard anything yet of a viable technique. sapphire and saws have been around 100 years though. lol. I would think it could deposit to glass if it is not too hot.

 

[jtara]

All of this we do not know what Apple plans are for this Sapphire.

What we do know is that they plan on making an awful lot of it. More than anybody ever has.

 

[Dubberton]

I don't think they'll be putting it on phone screens, unless it's some sort of new compound. Sapphire watch crystals is a pretty premium thing, and even with a big plant like they have, I don't think it would be close enough to put on millions of iPhones. If you go look at any $700+ watch, it's likely to have a sapphire crystal. Everybody has been screaming "new iPhone screen material!", but I don't think that's the case.

I think we will be seeing it on larger home buttons, iWatches, and cameras. My jaw will drop to the floor if they end up replacing the gorilla glass completely with sapphire.