"Interestingly, the Ubuntu Edge called for a 4.5-inch display with proportions not in line with Apple's latest 16:9 aspect ratio iPhone designs."
How is that interesting? Buying a supply of Sapphire equivalent to three years worth of 4.5" displays (we still don't know the unit volume that represents) simply means you are buying a significant quantity of the world's current display panel quality sapphire production. It does not mean you are buying a volume of sapphire panels that already exist and have been cut to 4.5" with some specific aspect ratio (the conclusion the author apparently jumped to).
"The supplier just told you that because they like violating Apple's Nondisclosure clause."
Maybe, maybe not. It could just be that the supplier said to Canonical "Sorry, the proposed deal is off, the production has been sold" without identifying the buyer.
It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who would be paying large sacks of money for sapphire screens.
"Oh yeah WE were going to use sapphire glass for our vaporware phone that no one would ever want, but Apple bought it all."
Yeah... my ass. Sapphire glass displays are expensive and can only be subsidized by a profitable handset and production line.
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Regarding the worthwhile point in the article, Apple has likely bought enough Sapphire to build the iPhone 6, and is ramping up their factory for displays for the next decade.
As funny as this statement is, it may actually even be too generous. You know how many iPhone 6 they'll sell in the first 3 weeks? I don't Canonical could ever sell that many phones.
". . . it's no secret that the iPhone maker is looking to expand use of the hardened material in its products. . . ."
AI Staff: Sapphire comes into the world already hardened because it's an aluminum oxide crystal. You can't make it harder. We don't say diamond is hardened, do we?
New rumor: Apple to use diamond glass displays in iPhone 8.
I hope this title doesn't' get contorted into a rumour that Apple is building a 4.5" iPhones. The Ubuntu phone was going to be a 4.5" display -and- use sapphire for the display but that in no way indicates what display (or rather front casing) size Apple could use it for.
it likely means 4.5 inch, makes more since than 5.5 inch
So 4.5" 16:9 display fits perfectly in current iPhone 5/5s chassis with standard 720p resolution to make it 326dpi (retina display).
The question is: can Touch ID button fit in the bottom bezzel? If you look at the metal part in the back of iPhone 5/5s, it's measured exact 4.5" diagonal with 16:9 aspect ratio. Can someone photoshop to see if the bottom glass bezzel can accomodate the TouchID button?
I would guess yes, they would haft to move all the camera and sensors around at top however. What's to say slightly larger either
So this looks like the right size to me... 4,5" can fit into iPhone 5 dimensions and it will doesn't make mess with resolution as 4,5 inch display at 326 ppi is exactly 720p.
I think it's the right choose as they can work on efficiency of the display instead of making insane resolutions and it would also put less stress on GPU...
So we will get an tiny, thin light iPhone 6 with bright 720p screen and killer GPU performance and huge, thicker than iPhone 5 and over 130 g android flagship with dim 1440p displays(that flushes the battery) and GPU performance that is lower than last year 1080p flagships !
Not many people will notice the difference between 720p and 1440p display, but everyone will notice difference in battery life, the form factor and GPU performance.
Totaly these 6 inch 500 ppi screens kill gpu and battery, everyone complains how there android phone had little battery, and stuttering gpu but advertise the "great screen" at a 2k resolution yet sucks.
it likely means 4.5 inch, makes more since than 5.5 inch.
The actual size of the display or the front panel has no barring on what Canonical would have used for their display or front panel size. This is a remark about Apple buying up the available sapphire and should in no way be read as Apple having bought precut 4.5" sapphire sheets that just happen to be sitting around in some warehouse waiting to be nought.
PS: Your writing has become much better over the last 1.5 years.
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Not credible.
Sounds like a good way to shift the blame for not being able to produce your own product.
How is that interesting? Buying a supply of Sapphire equivalent to three years worth of 4.5" displays (we still don't know the unit volume that represents) simply means you are buying a significant quantity of the world's current display panel quality sapphire production. It does not mean you are buying a volume of sapphire panels that already exist and have been cut to 4.5" with some specific aspect ratio (the conclusion the author apparently jumped to).
Maybe, maybe not. It could just be that the supplier said to Canonical "Sorry, the proposed deal is off, the production has been sold" without identifying the buyer.
It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who would be paying large sacks of money for sapphire screens.
LOL...this guy...
"Oh yeah WE were going to use sapphire glass for our vaporware phone that no one would ever want, but Apple bought it all."
Yeah... my ass. Sapphire glass displays are expensive and can only be subsidized by a profitable handset and production line.
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Regarding the worthwhile point in the article, Apple has likely bought enough Sapphire to build the iPhone 6, and is ramping up their factory for displays for the next decade.
Maybe 3 years worth of Ubuntu Edge phones.
More likely 3 weeks worth of iPhone 6's.
As funny as this statement is, it may actually even be too generous. You know how many iPhone 6 they'll sell in the first 3 weeks? I don't Canonical could ever sell that many phones.
Maybe 3 years worth of Ubuntu Edge phones.
More likely 3 weeks worth of iPhone 6's.
Apple will make more test units than 3 years worth of Ubuntu Edge phones.
New rumor: Apple to use diamond glass displays in iPhone 8.
Yep.
The thing is sapphire might be hard and scratch resistant but how brittle is it?
Maybe such a large screen will need to be a sandwich of flexible gorilla glass with a top layer of sapphire to try and get the best of both worlds.
Sapphire has a tensile strength of 260-300 MPa
Corning is careful not to publish the tensile strength of Gorilla Glass but it is thought to be around 800 MPa
I would guess yes, they would haft to move all the camera and sensors around at top however. What's to say slightly larger either
Totaly these 6 inch 500 ppi screens kill gpu and battery, everyone complains how there android phone had little battery, and stuttering gpu but advertise the "great screen" at a 2k resolution yet sucks.
The actual size of the display or the front panel has no barring on what Canonical would have used for their display or front panel size. This is a remark about Apple buying up the available sapphire and should in no way be read as Apple having bought precut 4.5" sapphire sheets that just happen to be sitting around in some warehouse waiting to be nought.
PS: Your writing has become much better over the last 1.5 years.
Doesn't every company need a new product line?
At least Apple is profitable. There are many phone manufacturers who don't even have that.
So it would be doubly difficult for them: first become profitable... and then make a new product line.