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So… Same deal as transparent aluminum.
You mean artificial sapphire, like the iPhone uses?
That project ultimately failed. They use it in the watch, but still use whatever the newest flavor of gorilla glass is on the phone.
Any idea why? Usually it’s a cost thing, right?
Yeah. I think they just couldn’t make large enough pieces for any reasonable cost. cultofmac.com/…/today-in-apple-history-apples-sap…
brianorca@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You mean artificial sapphire, like the iPhone uses?
mriguy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That project ultimately failed. They use it in the watch, but still use whatever the newest flavor of gorilla glass is on the phone.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Any idea why? Usually it’s a cost thing, right?
mriguy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah. I think they just couldn’t make large enough pieces for any reasonable cost. cultofmac.com/…/today-in-apple-history-apples-sap…