Apple will most likely switch to ultra-thin G/G touch technology for its iPhone released in 2016…
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The death of sapphire and the birth of ‘Phire’
Last fall, after Apple introduced the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus…
Apple granted patent for display-based speakers for iOS devices
According to Apple’s patent filing, the kind of display may apply to a possible future version of Apple Watch…
Apple’s patented idea of flexible displays doubling as speakers could happen with new Gorilla Glass from Corning
“This past summer Apple was granted a patent for flexible displays with…
Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus may already be sporting Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4
Corning has just introduced Gorilla Glass 4, the latest version…
Apple supplier Corning introduces tougher Gorilla Glass 4
Anyone with a smartphone and a moment of clumsiness knows the biggest frustration…
Tim Bajarin: Why Apple didn’t use sapphire iPhone screens
My sources tell me that sapphire was never targeted for the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus…
Corning stock cracks on Q2 earnings miss; Gorilla Glass hurt by weak Samsung phone sales
Corning shattered its recent winning streak on the stock market…
Why sapphire iPhone screens could be Apple’s next big thing
As Apple was readying its plans for the launch of the first-generation iPhone…
Apple is going to give Corning the BlackBerry treatment
Folks, remember what BlackBerry said about the iPhone…
Apple’s sapphire production will be hard for Samsung, other copiers to match
After sealing a deal with GT Advanced for the manufacture of sapphire crystals at a new plant in Arizona…
Rising sapphire display cost may limit 5.5-inch iPhone 6 production, source claims
The majority of leaks and rumors concerning the iPhone 6…
Apple begins shipping sapphire from GT Advanced’s Arizona plant to China ahead of iPhone 6 launch
Apple for the first time started shipping sapphire from Mesa, Arizona to…
How Apple’s billion dollar sapphire bet will pay off big time
Apple is making a billion dollar bet on sapphire as a strategic material…
Review: Corning’s 33-foot Optical Thunderbolt cable lets you put Thunderbolt devices (or Mac) far away from your desk
The promise of the Thunderbolt standard is that it can deliver a lot of data over long distances…
Apple, GT Advanced Technologies, and the ‘new’ vertical integration
Apple’s deal with GTAT is an ‘exclusive’ arrangement…
Apple patent application details uses for synthetic sapphire glass
An Apple patent application describing a method of mounting sapphire…
Apple partner GT Advanced recruiting for Jobs at Arizona sapphire plant
GT Advanced, Apple’s manufacturing partner for its new sapphire glass plant…
What Corning’s curved glass may mean for Apple
Predicting what Apple has up its sleeves is a cottage industry…
Apple spends over half a billion dollars on rumored iPhone 6 sapphire glass feature
The iPhone 6 could feature sapphire glass display that doesn’t scratch…
Analyst: Sapphire likely to be used in new small form factor Apple device (Think iWatch)
Apple has purchased a factory ($100 million) and partnered with GT Advanced…
GTAT able to supply sapphire for over 30 million iPhone screen covers due to Apple funding
US-based crystal growth solution and equipment provider GT Advanced Technologies…
Apple’s iPhone 6 could feature unmatched sapphire glass display
Apple already uses sapphire crystal in the Touch ID fingerprint scanner…
Why Apple’s new sapphire manufacturing agreement is a big deal
Earlier this week, Apple announced a multiyear alliance with GT Advanced Technologies…
GT Advanced Technologies spikes on sapphire deal with Apple
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. rallied on Tuesday after it secured…
Apple expands ‘Made in USA’ efforts with sapphire glass factory in Arizona, creating over 2,000 jobs
Apple has plans to build a manufacturing plant in Arizona …
Apple strikes sapphire supply deal with GT Advanced
Apple has struck a sapphire furnace/supply deal…
Gorilla glass maker Corning enters into strategic partnership with Samsung Display
Corning Incorporated announced today that it is entering into a series of strategic…
Apple patent application reveals new system to strengthen thin glass for iOS devices
Especially in light of Apple’s use of thinner In-Cell glass…
Vertu COO: Apple investigated sapphire crystal displays, but found them infeasible at this time
Vertu COO Perry Oosting revealed that Apple investigated the possibility…
Corning’s Gorilla Glass vs. sapphire for mobile touch displays
Corning has begun a pre-emptive strike against a competitor to Gorilla Glass…
Corning launches Lotus XT Glass; prime candidate for future Apple iOS devices
Corning, the company that currently supplies glass for Apple’s iOS devices…
Your next iPhone screen may be made of Sapphire, not Gorilla Glass
Manufactured sapphire—a material that’s used as transparent armor…
Apple doesn’t need Corning for an iWatch, LG Display is ready to go with flexible OLED displays
LG made an announcement way back in August 2012…
Apple supplier Corning: It’ll be three years before companies start making ‘Willow’ flexible display products
Corning Inc., the maker of glass for Apple Inc. iPhones, said it will…
Steve Jobs, steel balls and Corning’s Gorilla Glass (with video)
Gorilla Glass as a consumer product came about as a result of Apple’s original iPhone…
Apple’s slew of new products will stress the LCD supply chain in 2H’12
Apple products such as the iPad, and iPhone continue to stress the LCD supply chain…
Future iPad could add Siri, tactile feedback and new flexible ‘willow glass’
Tony Fadell, Apple’s former Senior Vice President of the iPod Division, thinks that Apple…
RUMOR: Next-gen iPhone now in production with possible design change to unibody backplate
The purported production model will sport an inlayed glass piece between the backplate’s top and bottom edges…
Corning reveals astounding roll-up Willow glass for flexible displays (with video)
Could your next smartphone roll up like a tube?
Who’s protecting Apple?
Apple has licensed LiquidMetal’s (LQMT) metal alloy technology for a few years now…
The future is made of glass: How incredible breakthroughs in glass technology will transform consumer electronics
A combination of new technology, plus a strong desire on the part of major companies…
