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Tag: synthetic sapphire

Apple’s failed sapphire partner GT Advanced Technologies emerges from bankruptcy

Friday, March 18, 2016 4:58 pmFriday, March 18, 201613 Comments

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. today announced that it has emerged from Chapter 11 as a newly reorganized company…

Apple and GT Advanced reach new accord on $439 million loan

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 9:23 pm5 Comments

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has reached an accord with Apple that will get it out from under $439 million in debt…

GT Advanced cuts 40% of workforce

Monday, August 31, 2015 4:56 pmMonday, August 31, 20155 Comments

GT Advanced Technologies Inc., which is trying to emerge from bankruptcy…

Apple’s sapphire producer grows the world’s largest sapphire crystal boule

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:00 pm12 Comments

In July, the factory, based in the Russian city of Stavropol, grew a sapphire crystal that weighed…

Apple objects to bankrupt sapphire supplier’s financing plan

Friday, July 17, 2015 4:04 pmFriday, July 17, 20155 Comments

Apple is objecting to bankrupt GT Advanced Technologies’ financing plan…

GT Advanced to pursue $95 million bankruptcy loan

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 4:35 pmWednesday, March 18, 20154 Comments

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. is lining up $95 million worth of loans…

The death of sapphire and the birth of ‘Phire’

Friday, February 27, 2015 2:25 pm8 Comments

Last fall, after Apple introduced the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus…

How an Apple rumor sparked a sapphire revolution

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:38 pm9 Comments

For years, Gorilla Glass was the toughest material a mobile device could use to protect…

Apple supplier debuts phone with ‘unbreakable’ sapphire display

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 2:26 pmTuesday, January 13, 20156 Comments

While the timetable for a sapphire-screen iPhone remains unknown…

GT Advanced files for chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection

Monday, October 6, 2014 12:28 pmMonday, October 6, 201421 Comments

NASDAQ may temporarily halt trading in the company’s stock pending…

Analysts: Apple’s iPhone 6 screen not likely to be sapphire

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:01 pmWednesday, July 30, 201424 Comments

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

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:02 pmTuesday, July 29, 20149 Comments

Corning shattered its recent winning streak on the stock market…

Apple reportedly now has enough sapphire for iWatch, 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones with full sapphire cover glass

Friday, June 13, 2014 2:26 pmFriday, June 13, 201411 Comments

The sapphire plant is expected to be completed in June…

Following Apple, Samsung and LG explore sapphire crystal displays

Friday, May 23, 2014 9:29 amFriday, May 23, 201412 Comments

According to industry insiders cited by the Korean media earlier…

Apple reveals more details of their future sapphire cover glass

Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:01 pmThursday, May 22, 20144 Comments

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

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:13 pm5 Comments

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

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:58 amWednesday, May 7, 201429 Comments

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

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 12:02 pmTuesday, May 6, 201422 Comments

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

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:58 pmWednesday, April 30, 20145 Comments

Apple for the first time started shipping sapphire from Mesa, Arizona to…

How Apple’s billion dollar sapphire bet will pay off big time

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:29 amTuesday, April 22, 201413 Comments

Apple is making a billion dollar bet on sapphire as a strategic material…

Apple’s iPhone 6 will demolish Android

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 9:01 amWednesday, April 9, 201449 Comments

If Apple wanted to actively pursue Android-like marketshare it would and easily could have done it a long time ago…

Quanta to build 65 million Apple ‘iWatch’ units in first year, Q3 2014 release expected – report

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 6:02 pmTuesday, April 8, 201424 Comments

Apple’s iWatch will debut in the third quarter of this year and will include advanced sensors…

Apple plans to dramatically expand Arizona sapphire plant to boost output

Friday, March 28, 2014 10:27 amFriday, March 28, 201411 Comments

Apple and sapphire manufacturing partner GT Advanced Technologies…

New photos of Apple’s sapphire plant show build progressing; rumors point to project expansion

Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:01 pmThursday, March 27, 20143 Comments

Fresh photos of Apple’s Mesa, Ariz., sapphire plant…

New oleophobic patent application tips Apple’s hand on sapphire displays

Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:53 amThursday, March 27, 20149 Comments

In November, Apple signed a $578 million deal with sapphire producer GT Advanced Technologies…

Apple sapphire crystal display rumors buoy GT Advanced stock

Monday, March 17, 2014 3:01 pmMonday, March 17, 2014No Comments

GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) stock was up 2.5% in early afternoon trading…

Apple’s adoption of sapphire may not have much impact on Corning

Monday, March 10, 2014 11:29 amMonday, March 10, 20148 Comments

In November 2013, Apple announced a $578 million deal with GT Advanced Technologies…

Gorilla Glass-maker Corning again slams sapphire; subtext aimed at Apple

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 12:00 pmWednesday, March 5, 201448 Comments

A Corning executive launched a blistering critique of sapphire crystal…

What’s the deal with Apple’s new Arizona sapphire plant?

Friday, February 28, 2014 1:14 pmFriday, February 28, 201421 Comments

Basically, Apple has paid $113 million for an empty factory and loaned GT $578 million…

Apple, GT Advanced Technologies, and the ‘new’ vertical integration

Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:20 amThursday, February 27, 201410 Comments

Apple’s deal with GTAT is an ‘exclusive’ arrangement…

Apple’s iPhone 6 is not coming in May, but it is coming with sapphire

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:01 amWednesday, February 26, 20145 Comments

Because Apple sells more than 150 million iPhones a year…

Apple sapphire supplier’s projected 2H14 revenues likely indicate fall iPhone launch

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:01 pmTuesday, February 25, 20143 Comments

GT-Advanced announced its Q4 2013 earnings results…

Why did Apple just snap up the entire planet’s supply of sapphire glass?

Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:00 amThursday, February 20, 201430 Comments

the sapphire crystal Apple already uses for the cover glass on the iPhone 5s…

Canonical CEO: Apple just bought up a 3-year supply of sapphire displays

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:02 pmMonday, March 2, 201520 Comments

Apple just snapped up the entire 3-year supply of the same sapphire display…

Apple to launch iPhone 6 with 4.7- and 5.5-inch sapphire crystal displays in September, sources say

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:33 am16 Comments

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

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:00 amTuesday, February 11, 201421 Comments

Apple will manage to fit sapphire screens on…

Why Apple’s iPhone 6 won’t need a case

Monday, February 10, 2014 10:29 amMonday, February 10, 201443 Comments

Evidence that Apple is going big with sapphire is overwhelming…

Concept video shows off stunning, ultra-thin Apple ‘iPhone 6’

Saturday, February 8, 2014 3:03 pmSaturday, February 8, 201457 Comments

A stunning new concept video that shows off what might be Jony Ive’s ultimate goal…

Apple’s push into Sapphire manufacturing sends Taiwanese manufacturers scrambling to secure patents

Saturday, February 8, 2014 2:31 pm8 Comments

Sapphire substrate applications in consumer electronics…

Apple just procured enough Sapphire Crystal furnaces to make 100-200 million 5-inch iPhone displays

Thursday, February 6, 2014 3:56 pmThursday, February 6, 201423 Comments

Last year, Apple and GT Advanced struck a deal to open and operate…

Apple pushes for Arizona sapphire plant to go into production in February for ‘critical’ product component

Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:43 am11 Comments

In November of last year, Apple announced that it would be opening…

Apple makes at least 100 prototype next-generation iPhone units with sapphire-covered displays

Friday, January 24, 2014 7:15 pm114 Comments

Appel has at least 100 prototype next-generation iPhone units with sapphire-covered displays…

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