2014 was supposed to be the year in which a iPhone with screen protected by a sapphire front panel it was supposed to reach the market, but the Apple partner that was supposed to produce this component went bankrupt because it could not fulfill its obligations to those from Cupertino.
Even if in 2014 Apple failed in its attempt to replace Gorilla Glass with a sapphire glass panel to protect the screens of iPhone terminals, in 2016 things could change thanks to a new patent that would be registered for those from Cupertino.
The patent describes a new method by which the Apple company could produce sapphire screens spending less money and producing more components without manufacturing defects, the whole procedure involving cutting the sapphire with lasers, Apple being forced to buy special robots for this procedure.
Basically, Apple's partner that was supposed to produce sapphire panels for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus failed to produce enough components without problems, but Apple's new patent contains a solution for this major problem.
Apple claims that thanks to its efficient manufacturing process, it can produce millions of sapphire glass panels for iPhone terminals, thus covering the demand on the market, those from Cupertino selling tens of millions of smartphones every month.
Sapphire is one of the most resistant materials on the planet, being extremely hard to scratch with a hardness of degree 9 on the Mohs scale, so practically its implementation would save us from screens scratched by keys, coins and anything else we keep in our pockets normal mode.
Unfortunately, the use of sapphire does not bring any benefit for shock resistance and unfortunately the material affects the clarity of the screens, so that its use has some benefits, but at the same time implies some compromises made in the development and use of iPhones.
