Japanese manufacturer Kyocera strives to get ahead with the release of Apple smartphone protected with sapphire crystal. According to Pocketnow, the company is preparing apparatus Brigadier, which display just protected shrouds.
Kyocera Brigadier refers to protected devices: its protection complies with IP68. The company says that the phone has been certified for compliance with U.S. military rated MIL-STD-810G.A durable sapphire crystal is intended to complement the device's capabilities.
Rumors of know-how in the field of heavy-duty sapphire and desires to implement them in mobile devices went long ago. In the middle of this month even Kyocera introduced a short promotional video, which hinted at the imminent appearance of its own design - a series of protective glass Sapphire Shield.
In the configuration of the new items included 4.5 inches diagonal display resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, quad-core processor with a frequency of 1.4 GHz, front camera with a resolution of 2 megapixels and a main 8 megapixel modem LTE. Volumes of RAM and flash memory are 2 and 16 GB respectively.
Brigadier is the operating smartphone and is designed for cellular provider Verizon. Will it be sold in other countries, is still unknown.
At what cost will go on sale Brigadier - so far unknown, but given the contractual obligations, it would be available to the average American. At least, just affordable sapphire premium products Vertu Signature Touch, which has a price tag of $ 11,000.