Usage of Sapphire in smartphones set to increase
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- AnonD-41199
- IvG
- 17 Oct 2013
Synthetic sapphire has been used in watches for years. I also have an old Contax TVS digital camera that uses it . It is not new but does cost more than regular hardened glass.
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- Anonymous
- YPb
- 17 Oct 2013
it is Synthetic sapphire, very cheap. not the nature one.
it's a common manufacturing process developed a century ago. Nothing special, it's a required component for the phone production.
another sell gimmick from fruit co.
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- uWI
- 16 Oct 2013
Poor Nokia, used so much sapphire on their 8800 series line..If only they had kept up
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- Luckyict
- fmv
- 16 Oct 2013
It is nice i love it.....
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- Anonymous
- PEH
- 16 Oct 2013
Good, as long as it does not increase the cost of phones. I get the point of it for the lens but not the screen. Just put a screen protector. It will scratch, possibly more often but you can just replace the protector after.
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- XNt
- 16 Oct 2013
AnonD-50795, 16 Oct 2013Nokia used already beforeOh Really...wow..what do we know...cmon cmon we have to do something maybe we should try polymer!!
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- vxu
- 16 Oct 2013
ExNoKia Fan, 16 Oct 2013Hahaha..Watch out everyone, apple will sue every one that u... moreclap clap clap.
should i laugh now? .!.
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- mD6
- 16 Oct 2013
i have a s3 sapphire black !!!
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- AnonD-189835
- t}Y
- 16 Oct 2013
sapphire is 2nd strongest in transparent stones after diamond.this is the truth.
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- ExNoKia Fan
- ibg
- 16 Oct 2013
Hahaha..Watch out everyone, apple will sue every one that use saphire soon, include watches... get ready for it..
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- AnonD-50795
- TLN
- 16 Oct 2013
Nokia used already before
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- Anonymous
- M3s
- 16 Oct 2013
Apple Leading the way again
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- AnonD-80553
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- 16 Oct 2013
AnonD-165330, 16 Oct 2013It is that hard and being used for decades on expensive swi... moreYou can get sapphire in cheap watches. Even the likes of Timex and Inex. Sapphire in watches is artifically made (grown), so no problems there.
Sapphire is good stuff, very hard and scratch resistant, but impact resistance is not it's best side.
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- MwJ
- 16 Oct 2013
Boks, 16 Oct 2013How come they've said that Sapphire is next to Diamond in t... moreDo a little research too.
Keywords: "Mohs Scale of Hardness" ;)
Hardness Example
10 diamond
9 corundum (ruby, sapphire)
8 beryl (emerald, aquamarine)
7.5 garnet
6.5-7.5 steel file
7.0 quartz (amethyst, citrine, agate)
6 feldspar (spectrolite)
5.5-6.5 most glass
5 apatite
4 fluorite
3 calcite, a penny
2.5 fingernail
2 gypsum
1 talc
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- AnonD-165330
- uAm
- 16 Oct 2013
Boks, 16 Oct 2013How come they've said that Sapphire is next to Diamond in t... moreIt is that hard and being used for decades on expensive swiss watches. And it is not the natural Sapphire Stone but it is the Manufactured Sapphire.
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- Anonymous
- uuT
- 16 Oct 2013
lolol
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- awj
- 16 Oct 2013
sapphire, precious stone. A transparent blue corundum, it is classified among the most valuable of gems. Sapphires are found chiefly in Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar and also in Australia and in the United States (in Montana). The sapphires from Kashmir are of a beautiful cornflower blue and are highly valued. The Sri Lankan varieties are paler; those from Montana have a metallic luster; and the Australian sapphires are of a dark blue shade approaching black. The terms yellow sapphire, purple sapphire, and green sapphire are used alternatively with Oriental topaz, Oriental amethyst, and Oriental emerald for other varieties of corundum. Like rubies of similar structure, some sapphires display a six-pointed star when cut to a cabochon (round-topped) shape and exposed to direct sunlight. Such star sapphires are usually obtained from Sri Lanka. Synthetic sapphires are made by the fusion of aluminum oxide, with titanium oxide added as a coloring agent.
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- Boks
- uSN
- 16 Oct 2013
How come they've said that Sapphire is next to Diamond in terms of hardness. Is that so? Do a little research.
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- 16 Oct 2013
This is the first time i came across this unit "Kilometer" used in usage of materials.... can someone shed more light on this??????????
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- 7t7
- 16 Oct 2013
Hate to admit it, but Apple always leads the way with new things. They just do it perfect every time. Then everyone follows suit. First 64-bit phone computing now this. I'm glad the rest of of the manufacturers have someone so good to copy.