That would probably only serve to confirm its legitimacy after the fact, because the video has already been released, so the damage is done. Getting it back would not change anything at this point.
EDIT: the other possibility is that it is fake.
The other possibility is that it is a planned Apple leak to spur interest. This is exactly what is required to spur interest without actually revealing anything about the iPhine that we don't already know.
This dude needs to do a moss hardness test. Scratching a key and knife to it tells us this display is harder than the key and the knife... and nothing else. The iphone 5 would also pass that.
Actually a steel knife is harder than Gorilla Glass and should scratch it a tiny bit, but he didn't do it enough or hard enough, (or zoom in to let us see) to know for sure.
What he should have done is use sand. Quartz is harder than Gorilla Glass but softer than sapphire. Sand will always scratch glass, but it shouldn't hurt sapphire.
It could lead Apple to the source, to the criminal who stole it.
Of course, there's always the possibility that it is fake, but if it is genuine, then I would prefer that Apple doubles down on secrecy, like they mentioned a while back.
I hope they can narrow it down to the 100,000 new Foxconn employees.
If this is a legitimate test, Corning is going to be so butt-hurt. Corning's CEO is going to have to really make a valid argument how Gorilla Glass 3 is far better in so many ways than what Apple has to offer. Especially after claiming that it was impossible for Apple to build a viable substitute for Gorilla Glass 3. It's a real head-scratcher why rival companies go out on a limb to crucify Apple's abilities to come up with a solution to a problem. Anyway, the torture test looks impressive to me especially if the display really can't be scratched in a person's pocket or when slid across a table. Go, Apple. All that's needed would be IP67 certification for the iPhone 6 and that would really pull in the buyers.
dunno about you but I don't have anything harder than keys or a knife in my pocket....
You'd be surprised how much silica/mineral grit ends up in your pockets, even if you never visit a beach. If you drive on the freeway with a window open, it's blowing into your car, and onto the iPhone on your passenger seat. Drop your keys on a wet sidewalk and you're likely to transport a little bit of grit into your pocket. Get that grit between your iPhone case and the iPhone itself and you've just created a bit of sandpaper.
I don't think there's much sapphire/diamond dust in the environment, so switching to a sapphire display should eliminate mineral grit scratches.
I love it when he says "assuming this is sapphire glass". That's what I was assuming as I watched this!
And just why is the ability to bend a plus? Do a lot of people have broken screens because their phone got bent?? How about testing it by dropping a corner of a brick on it!
The kid sounds like a pro. Sounds like he is ready for a prime time job with a TV network. The Verge or anyone that produces a lot of tech videos should snap him up with a job.
Attach the display to a real phone then drop it face down on a sharp rock from about 5 feet up. That's the kind of impact that shatters current screens easily.
Dude needs to buy some new shoes. It looks like he's going bowling.
And if that is indeed a genuine iPhone 6 part, then why isn't Apple busting down his door, and retrieving their stolen property?
Because that would be a fucking stupid thing for Apple to do. It's one thing to "bust down the door" in order to get back the entire product (ie. iPhone 4). It's quite another to do it for a part leak, as there will probably be an avalanche of these soon. In the end, who cares? Its a tiny minority of the population that follows this shit. It will have no effect on the next iPhone's success. There's nothing Apple can do about these kinds of part leaks when product is so close to production, or being produced in mass quantities. Thats the reality of it.
This dude needs to do a moss hardness test. Scratching a key and knife to it tells us this display is harder than the key and the knife... and nothing else. The iphone 5 would also pass that.
Attach the display to a real phone then drop it face down on a sharp rock from about 5 feet up. That's the kind of impact that shatters current screens easily.
I too am very interested in an impact test with sapphire. Although if it's not properly mounted to a phone it's designed for it isn't really a fair test.
why isn't Apple busting down his door, and retrieving their stolen property?
Apple doesn't do that any more. Phil Schiller said it was fine when the last leaks came out. They seem to realise that it builds the hype. How often are people interested in Samsung's cover glass?
It might be different if they stole an entire phone though.
If it's real, they've definitely switched the camera location with the proximity sensor. This would help reduce the size of the upper bezel. You can see how different this front part is from the mockups:
[VIDEO]
That mockup had the camera up top and even larger bezels than the current model iPhone and yet the body matched the dummy case. How could the mockup body match the leaked iPhone case with a 4.7" display with large bezels if this new front part shows reduced bezels?
It's more likely that the previous mockups have been wrong. In order for the 4.7" display to be comfortable to use, they'd have to reduce the bezel size.
The following video shows at 3:27 that it's still not as comfortable to hold as the iPhone 5 though:
I love it when he says "assuming this is sapphire glass". That's what I was assuming as I watched this!
And just why is the ability to bend a plus? Do a lot of people have broken screens because their phone got bent??
How about testing it by dropping a corner of a brick on it!
Once again, what it's showing is how sapphire does NOT bend when compared to Gorilla Glass 2, or is it 3. That may not be his intention, but what the video shows is how stiff, or strong, the stuff is. Someone will supply the proper term for this characteristic, I hope.
That it bends some means it is not totally brittle.
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The other possibility is that it is a planned Apple leak to spur interest. This is exactly what is required to spur interest without actually revealing anything about the iPhine that we don't already know.
This dude needs to do a moss hardness test. Scratching a key and knife to it tells us this display is harder than the key and the knife... and nothing else. The iphone 5 would also pass that.
Actually a steel knife is harder than Gorilla Glass and should scratch it a tiny bit, but he didn't do it enough or hard enough, (or zoom in to let us see) to know for sure.
What he should have done is use sand. Quartz is harder than Gorilla Glass but softer than sapphire. Sand will always scratch glass, but it shouldn't hurt sapphire.
I hope they can narrow it down to the 100,000 new Foxconn employees.
If this is a legitimate test, Corning is going to be so butt-hurt. Corning's CEO is going to have to really make a valid argument how Gorilla Glass 3 is far better in so many ways than what Apple has to offer. Especially after claiming that it was impossible for Apple to build a viable substitute for Gorilla Glass 3. It's a real head-scratcher why rival companies go out on a limb to crucify Apple's abilities to come up with a solution to a problem. Anyway, the torture test looks impressive to me especially if the display really can't be scratched in a person's pocket or when slid across a table. Go, Apple. All that's needed would be IP67 certification for the iPhone 6 and that would really pull in the buyers.
moss? like green soft stuff?
dunno about you but I don't have anything harder than keys or a knife in my pocket....
You'd be surprised how much silica/mineral grit ends up in your pockets, even if you never visit a beach. If you drive on the freeway with a window open, it's blowing into your car, and onto the iPhone on your passenger seat. Drop your keys on a wet sidewalk and you're likely to transport a little bit of grit into your pocket. Get that grit between your iPhone case and the iPhone itself and you've just created a bit of sandpaper.
I don't think there's much sapphire/diamond dust in the environment, so switching to a sapphire display should eliminate mineral grit scratches.
And just why is the ability to bend a plus? Do a lot of people have broken screens because their phone got bent??
How about testing it by dropping a corner of a brick on it!
My iPhone 5 is all scratched up on the edges and the bottom from trying to insert the damn lightning connector.
This sounds more like a serious co-ordination problem than a design fault with the iPhone
Attach the display to a real phone then drop it face down on a sharp rock from about 5 feet up. That's the kind of impact that shatters current screens easily.
Dude needs to buy some new shoes. It looks like he's going bowling.
And if that is indeed a genuine iPhone 6 part, then why isn't Apple busting down his door, and retrieving their stolen property?
Because that would be a fucking stupid thing for Apple to do. It's one thing to "bust down the door" in order to get back the entire product (ie. iPhone 4). It's quite another to do it for a part leak, as there will probably be an avalanche of these soon. In the end, who cares? Its a tiny minority of the population that follows this shit. It will have no effect on the next iPhone's success. There's nothing Apple can do about these kinds of part leaks when product is so close to production, or being produced in mass quantities. Thats the reality of it.
It's a mohs hardness test.
I too am very interested in an impact test with sapphire. Although if it's not properly mounted to a phone it's designed for it isn't really a fair test.
MKBHD Rocks, He has great reviews, just for fun, pick any other youtube tech reviewer or site, Cnet the Verge, anyone, then have a
look at the number of youtube subscribers they have compared to Marques Brownlee.
So he's pretty well known on youtube.
I don't have anything harder than keys or a knife in my pocket....
Yes, you do: sand.
Apple doesn't do that any more. Phil Schiller said it was fine when the last leaks came out. They seem to realise that it builds the hype. How often are people interested in Samsung's cover glass?
It might be different if they stole an entire phone though.
If it's real, they've definitely switched the camera location with the proximity sensor. This would help reduce the size of the upper bezel. You can see how different this front part is from the mockups:
[VIDEO]
That mockup had the camera up top and even larger bezels than the current model iPhone and yet the body matched the dummy case. How could the mockup body match the leaked iPhone case with a 4.7" display with large bezels if this new front part shows reduced bezels?
It's more likely that the previous mockups have been wrong. In order for the 4.7" display to be comfortable to use, they'd have to reduce the bezel size.
The following video shows at 3:27 that it's still not as comfortable to hold as the iPhone 5 though:
[VIDEO]
Once again, what it's showing is how sapphire does NOT bend when compared to Gorilla Glass 2, or is it 3. That may not be his intention, but what the video shows is how stiff, or strong, the stuff is. Someone will supply the proper term for this characteristic, I hope.
That it bends some means it is not totally brittle.
Yea, Apple just hates all the free publicity for weeks and months before every new product release! They cry all the way to the bank.
Yeah, Apple sure isn’t known for protecting their intellectual property¡
This is Gorilla Glass 3.