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Tag: Sapphire
The GT Advanced debacle: Where does Apple go from here?
Apple may come into possession of the Mesa sapphire furnaces, but…
GT Advanced blames ‘oppressive and burdensome’ Apple terms in quest to ax sapphire production
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. asked for bankruptcy court permission to shut down…
GT Advanced to request to shut down synthetic sapphire production
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) plunged more than 17 percent…
Future Apple iPhone displays could employ VC-funded solar tech from GT Advanced
The GT Advanced/Twin Creeks process is known as Proton-Induced Exfoliation…
Apple’s next-gen iPhone could crack GT’s Advanced stock
Apple is expected to announce its new iPhone on September 9…
Apple considers offering two larger, higher-end, iPhones with sapphire displays at higher prices
Apple Inc. created the blueprint for a smartphone…
Apple and GT Advanced rampup sapphire production in Mesa
The massive facility is nearly finished and is ramping up production…
New images provide clearest look yet at iPhone 6 front panel
Images of what appears to be the face and screen assembly..
GT Advanced earnings call signals sapphire ahead for Apple
What we learned during the GT Advanced earnings call this week is that…
iPhone 6 will have sapphire glass thanks to GT Advanced’s hoard
Not only has the company been ramping up production in a serious way, it also has a hoard of sapphire…
Apple’s iPhone 6 line will sport new A8 chip, faster Wi-Fi, improved Touch ID, and NFC
Apple will release two new phones this autumn…
GT Advanced expects sales of sapphire production tools to boost profit; shares surge
Sapphire glass, which is slightly less hard to diamond, could make Apple’s products even better…
Apple likely to ship only 3 million ‘iWatch’ units this year
Market expectations for Apple’s anticipated ‘iWatch’ may be grossly overestimated…
Will Apple save sapphire seduction for iPhone 6s?
The sapphire screen would be the perfect follow-on for the…
Analysts: Apple’s iPhone 6 screen not likely to be sapphire
The necessary orders for sapphire glass wending their way through the supply chain…
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…
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s sapphire-covered ‘iWatch’ to enter mass production in November
Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has provided relatively accurate information on future Apple product plans…
Apple: We are working on new materials, new areas
Materials we haven’t worked in before…
Apple reportedly now has enough sapphire for iWatch, 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones with full sapphire cover glass
The sapphire plant is expected to be completed in June…
Following Apple, Samsung and LG explore sapphire crystal displays
According to industry insiders cited by the Korean media earlier…
Apple reveals more details of their future sapphire cover glass
On May 22, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…
GT Advanced provides update on Apple Arizona partnership in latest earnings results
GT Advanced Technology has given an update on the status of its contract…
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…
Ed Baig: Consumers look to Apple iWatch as a game changer
So far, no wearable device on the market has been a home run…
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…
Apple’s iWatch said to come in two sizes, high-end model to cost several thousand dollars
Apple will release the iWatch at multiple price points and in a variety of materials…
Apple files ‘Continuous Sapphire Growth’ patent application
Feeding a base material into a crucible located within a growth chamber…
Apple plans to dramatically expand Arizona sapphire plant to boost output
Apple and sapphire manufacturing partner GT Advanced Technologies…
New photos of Apple’s sapphire plant show build progressing; rumors point to project expansion
Fresh photos of Apple’s Mesa, Ariz., sapphire plant…
New oleophobic patent application tips Apple’s hand on sapphire displays
In November, Apple signed a $578 million deal with sapphire producer GT Advanced Technologies…
Apple patent application reveals nano-particle coloring process and more
Apple’s work with spherically shaped nano particles and pigment nano-particles…
Looking Ahead, GT Advanced Technologies looks incredibly cheap
Shares of GT Advanced Technologies have absolutely crushed it over the past 14 months…
Apple, GT Advanced Technologies, and the ‘new’ vertical integration
Apple’s deal with GTAT is an ‘exclusive’ arrangement…
Apple to launch iPhone 6 with 4.7- and 5.5-inch sapphire crystal displays in September, sources say
The new iPhone screen will be made entirely from scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass…
Apple’s massive sapphire plant for ‘iWatch,’ not next-gen iPhone, sources say
Apple will manage to fit sapphire screens on…
Why Apple’s iPhone 6 won’t need a case
Evidence that Apple is going big with sapphire is overwhelming…
Apple’s push into Sapphire manufacturing sends Taiwanese manufacturers scrambling to secure patents
Sapphire substrate applications in consumer electronics…
