iPhone6 not go beyond? sapphire screen fog resolved

Section 1: sapphire screen fog resolved

With the Apple iPhone 6 near the market, speculation about this phone more and more,iPhone 6 is a 4.7-inch screen, power shifted to the right, no built-in antenna coated outside, in addition to the previous right-angle design, feel more mellow . As one study shows, the author most concerned about the phone's screen, after all Apple products screen, representing the top level of the industry, but also an important benchmark mobile device screen development, until rumored iPhone 6 comes in twosizes, the only smaller size outflow, whether large size because some issues has been shelved it?

If using conventional LCD technology to enhance the resolution, supply quantity control, which is not a problem for Apple, it will not delay the release of the iPhone 6 large size, so it may be a problem protective glass screen, also been discussed in the supply of sapphire screen is a problem, is probably the largest amount of low supply sapphire screen, the cost of the latter sapphire screen is too high.

Sapphire display screen and can not raise the screen, because its just a protective glass, originally mainstream mobile phones are using Corning Gorilla Glass, which is a by adding chemical agents, thereby increasing the hardness of glass, sapphire glass screen is not after due gem qualities, let hardness inherently higher than the gorilla glass, so use this protective glass, the screen is not prone to scratches.

Scratches, in fact, Chinese users are resolved by the film, so a lot of the achievements "ancestral film" experts, can be said to solve the problem of scratches, the screen is not currently the most pressing problems in the field, then why would Apple R & D spending heavily sapphire screen it? Today we'll analyze the "secret."

Section 2: Technical reasons: higher hardness

Since sapphire screen delay release of the iPhone 6, then why Apple does not have to develop such a screen? You can say that for two reasons, naturally it is technical reasons, the traditional glass screen, higher compared to the first aspect of the hardness of sapphire screen, the problem does not produce scratches, so do not need to carry the film, thus affecting the visual and tactile experience.

In addition, compared with glass, sapphire wetting angle of 85 degrees, which means it is less easily contaminated with fingerprints, few appear to have misjudged the situation occurred, and the film is usually easy to leave unsightly fingerprints, in fact, this is to let people no longer an important element of the film, and when the phone screen itself is no longer afraid to draw, plus not easily leave fingerprints, and you have very little reason to give it the moniker of "diamond high permeability membrane" mean?

However, sapphire screen has the advantage of technology, but also has its own disadvantages, before the high-end brand VERTU mobile phone, once using such a screen, but has been promoting not open, because the production process of the sapphire screen complex, the cost of materials is relatively high we know that the Earth is not very rich sapphire material.

In addition sapphire weight is 3.98 grams per cubic centimeter, than it is now used by Corning Gorilla Glass phones of 2.54 grams a lot higher, and the refraction of light have a little too much. This means that, under the same lighting conditions, sapphire screen will look darker. So after using a sapphire screen, the number of modules products integrated hardware configuration, the transmittance of the screen, backlit, must regain some balance.

Section 3: Market reason: to maintain innovation

From a technical point of view of the above we sapphire screen, know that this material is not perfect, especially the issue of cost, it is difficult even Apple quickly overcome, and the advantages of its prominent, but not so obvious, When met a film enthusiast, the screen is not the sapphire, the reason is not to abandon the foil. But Apple was still bored, which is not produced in Corning's Gorilla glass does not understand, many consumers also do not understand.

In fact, we can look at this issue from Apple hardware development history. Apple is one of the earliest companies to promote aluminum housing design, once this housing is very expensive, but Apple needs to outsource the production of such a line, so in the efforts of Steve Jobs and Apple's influence, there has been the world's aluminum housing supply chain, resulting in the production of aluminum case now, the price has been very favorable. But this was not the apple production control, so Apple hardware innovations painstaking difficult to maintain for a long time, it was soon learned to competitors.

Today, smart phones can be said to compete deep into the pores of every day, not the CPU hardware innovation has several nuclear camera a few megapixels in the initial stage, the display screen is increasingly becoming user concerns. So this time it produced a larger apples, higher-resolution phone screen, but they do not compete with other products. Apple has considered protective sapphire glass is the future direction of development, so Apple is willing to spend huge sums of money to research and development, and the Apple product you want to supply control in their own hands.

Section 4: Purpose Location: Only I can

Because experienced aluminum shell, this time in the development of Apple sapphire screen, take a more conservative approach, it is no longer outsource hardware production, sapphire before a group of about Apple in Mesa, Arizona and build a GT Advanced latest images factories exposure, indicating that Apple is actively expanding sapphire production base for future large-scale use of ill-prepared. The apples should firmly grasp the production of sapphire screen, so iPhone hardware innovations 6 maintained as long as possible, not a short time be surpassed.

To this end, Apple also apply a lot about the production of sapphire screen patents, these patents also ensures sapphirescreen Apple ahead in the field. For example, where there is a detailed description of a patent or oleophobic coatings repel how oil is applied on the sapphire glass panels, this technology is designed to prevent the accumulation of oil and other debris on the touch screen. In addition it also applied for a patent flexible sapphire screen. This may be as wearable devices and applications.

You can say that Apple's competitors are concerned about sapphire screen technology, according to South Korean media reports, Samsung and LG, the two companies are currently seeking sapphire products manufacturer, and for application on their phones. But this follow-up is probably not so simple, sapphire material scarcity, plus a variety of patents card, I believe that only a short time iPhone 6 have the ability to carry such protection glass, this is Apple's intent.

Full Summary:

Sapphire's screen has been reported, but many users are not quite understand why Apple have to adopt this design. In fact, sapphire screen is not perfect, does not alter the results displayed, Apple has to do is to make their phones more unique, its layout and the times before different focus grasp sapphire production chain, so that other difficult for competitors to imitate fast short term, so that the iPhone 6 will not easily be surpassed, this is where Apple's intent.