My recollection from the original Browniee video, was that he did NOT claim that it was Sapphire. He just thought all the tests that the screen was standing up to "indicated" that it was.
For me; all the tests indicated that it was not. Particularly the bending. There is no practical (I say "practical") way to manufacture Sapphire to bend like that.
I'm sticking with Gorilla Glass 3, as I said in my comment back then.
That said, I believe it is NOT impossible to scratch a sapphire sheet with sandpaper. Softer materials are able to scratch harder ones under certain circumstances.
Also; AI could put a stop to this nonsense if they would just reach into their pocket and go pickup a nice used mass spectrometer, or maybe a tunneling electron microscope.
Could simply be he got the part and assumed because it's so tough that it's sapphire.. meaning it's a legit part, but he's clueless about what it actually is made off.. Could be next gen Gorilla Glass. lol
That said, it did hold up better than the iPhone 5s screen.. soooo it could be a sapphire laminate / composite..
That said, this also could add credence to the rumor that only the 5.5" will have Sapphire as a premium feature..
Video shows supposed 4.7-inch 'iPhone 6' owner being refused warranty coverage at Genius Bar for a fake iPhone 6 scratched by sandpaper, suggests owner purchased fake AppleCare coverage for his fake iPhone 6
I do not believe tech sites and some other Apple fan sites are taking the Sapphire rumors seriously due to production costs. Supposedly such displays are still prohibitively expensive.
According to competitors and Corning who pray that's true.
Damn, I won't be able to use that sandpaper iPhone case I was working on. I won't be able to carry the phone in my pocket with sandpaper either. Screw Apple, I am going Samsung.
It's probably because it's one of those Goophone parts:
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There's no way the knockoff manufacturers could use sapphire.
I'd think there is little chance a knockoff would have glass harder than an iPhone 5s either, which to me, suggests this is a real iPhone 6 screen which apparently is not sapphire. Fine with me. None of my iPhones have ever been scratched, front or back.
I'd think there is little chance a knockoff would have glass harder than an iPhone 5s either, which to me, suggests this is a real iPhone 6 screen which apparently is not sapphire. Fine with me. None of my iPhones have ever been scratched, front or back.
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AFAIK Dickson didn't claim the part was sapphire. That assumption came from someone else, I believe Mr Brownlee.
EDIT: In fact Mr. Brownlee is cited as the source of the sapphire display claim right in this AI article.
That front panel has a thinner side bezels than I've seen on any knockoff device.
Body is to be blended?
What did he win Pat?
$50,000 !!!
(In Facebook stock)
My recollection from the original Browniee video, was that he did NOT claim that it was Sapphire. He just thought all the tests that the screen was standing up to "indicated" that it was.
For me; all the tests indicated that it was not. Particularly the bending. There is no practical (I say "practical") way to manufacture Sapphire to bend like that.
I'm sticking with Gorilla Glass 3, as I said in my comment back then.
That said, I believe it is NOT impossible to scratch a sapphire sheet with sandpaper. Softer materials are able to scratch harder ones under certain circumstances.
Also; AI could put a stop to this nonsense if they would just reach into their pocket and go pickup a nice used mass spectrometer, or maybe a tunneling electron microscope.
c'mon ya cheapies...
That said, it did hold up better than the iPhone 5s screen.. soooo it could be a sapphire laminate / composite..
That said, this also could add credence to the rumor that only the 5.5" will have Sapphire as a premium feature..
We won't know until September for sure...
Video shows supposed 4.7-inch 'iPhone 6' owner being refused warranty coverage at Genius Bar for a fake iPhone 6 scratched by sandpaper, suggests owner purchased fake AppleCare coverage for his fake iPhone 6
According to competitors and Corning who pray that's true.
Damn, I won't be able to use that sandpaper iPhone case I was working on. I won't be able to carry the phone in my pocket with sandpaper either. Screw Apple, I am going Samsung.
So a fake part for a product we know nothing about is damaged, huh?
APPLE IS DOOMED.
It's probably because it's one of those Goophone parts:
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There's no way the knockoff manufacturers could use sapphire.
I'd think there is little chance a knockoff would have glass harder than an iPhone 5s either, which to me, suggests this is a real iPhone 6 screen which apparently is not sapphire. Fine with me. None of my iPhones have ever been scratched, front or back.
I'd think there is little chance a knockoff would have glass harder than an iPhone 5s either, which to me, suggests this is a real iPhone 6 screen which apparently is not sapphire. Fine with me. None of my iPhones have ever been scratched, front or back.
I guess you never ever went to a beach.
So the supposedly VERY RELIABLE Sonny Dickson* is actually just another big phony? Hahahaha!
*He gave this component to Marquez Brownlee.
That means that Tom Dickson* is more reliable than Sonny Dickson.
Because iPhones always blend.
http://www.willitblend.com
*He is the founder of Blendtec, makers of enormously powerful blenders (1560 to 2400 watts.)
P.S. One kilowatt is equivalent to 1.34 horsepower. Do the math.
It's a common mistake... I do it all the time with rumored iPhone 6 parts... he scratched the wrong side.
It's a common mistake... I do it all the time with rumored iPhone 6 parts... he scratched the wrong side.
Funny but unless the sensor hole has been moved to the other side, he was scratching the top surface.
My guess is both those displays are Gorilla glass.
My guess is both those displays are Gorilla glass.
I tend to agree, perhaps Gorilla Glass 3 on the new screen.
I do go, but somehow I have prevented sand from getting on my iPhone.
It’s called ‘taking care of your possessions.’