A preliminary scratch resistance test done over the weekend suggested that Apple would no longer use sapphire to protect the camera iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, but not for the new Home button. The person who did the test used a hard material to scratch the glass that covers the camera and the new tactile Home button, hence the conclusion that they are not made of sapphire.
A lot of people started criticizing Apple online because of this oversights, but the senior vice president of the marketing division, Phil Schiller, denied the rumors. Responding to a person asking if these components are protected by sapphire, Schiller confirmed that this is completely true, just like in the past.
In this idea, theoretically it should be very difficult to scratch the glass of the camera and the one that covers the tactile Home button, or at least that's how things should be now. In this idea, what about that video clip that made us understand that Apple would use a different type of material for the glass that covers these two components?
The Home button and the iPhone 7 camera are protected by sapphire
Well, Phil Schiller did not comment on this video clip, but it is clear that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have a high level of protection. The screen, of course, is not protected by sapphire glass, but by, perhaps, Gorilla Glass 5, or another protective material that Apple buys from a manufacturer of such components.
Not true. Camera lens cover and top of Home Button both Sapphire. #iPhone7
- Philip Schiller (@pschiller) September 17, 2016
Below you can see the video from which these questions started on the internet, many mocking the fact that the Home button of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 PLus could be scratched very easily. Fortunately, it seems that the real situation is completely different, so you will not scratch the Home button of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus very easily, nor the camera of the terminals.
