Numerous leaks to the web indicate that Apple intends to use the new iPhone sapphire crystal. At the same certainty as to which model will protect heavy-duty coating - 4.7 - or 5.5-inch - yet. According to some reports, the component will get a bigger modification iPhone 6.
How will the result, will be available only after the official launch of new products. And while sapphire supplier of displays for Apple, the company GT Advanced Technologies, announced the mass production of this material at the plant in Arizona.
As you know, in November last year, Apple has confirmed the intention to open a factory for processing of minerals, together with experts GT Advanced. Corporation invested in the project, according to some reports, more than half a billion dollars. Such amounts indicate that the opening of the plant is aimed at the production of glass in large quantities, not only for the button "Home" or the camera lens, but also for the iPhone and iWatch.
GT Advanced already received the necessary equipment for the manufacture of a protective sapphire glass for smartphones Apple. Currently available from the manufacturer 518 high-temperature furnaces, allowing to let from 103 million to 116 million 5-inch displays per year.
Recall, back in May Apple supposedly sent in the first batch of China sapphire glass with its Arizona factory. Report of GT Advanced can be found that the training equipment is almost complete and the company intends to move directly to mass production.
Earlier this year, rumors that Apple intends to produce iPhone sapphire screens confirmed Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. According to him, the Cupertino company has bought a 3-year supply of sapphire displays that Canonical wanted to use for a smartphone Ubuntu Edge.