Tag: synthetic sapphire

Apple patent application details uses for synthetic sapphire glass

Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:29 amThursday, January 23, 20145 Comments

An Apple patent application describing a method of mounting sapphire…

Apple partner GT Advanced recruiting for Jobs at Arizona sapphire plant

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:12 pmTuesday, January 21, 201416 Comments

GT Advanced, Apple’s manufacturing partner for its new sapphire glass plant…

17 new Apple patent applications detail Liquidmetal alloy use in device buttons, touch sensors, and more

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:53 pm11 Comments

Back in 2010, Apple signed an exclusive agreement with Caltech spinoff Liquidmetal Technologies…

What Corning’s curved glass may mean for Apple

Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:37 amSaturday, January 4, 201442 Comments

Predicting what Apple has up its sleeves is a cottage industry…

Apple patent application reveals sapphire flexible transparent display devices created with Liquidmetal

Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:02 pmThursday, December 19, 201316 Comments

Apple’s killer invention describes flexible wraparound displays…

Apple spends over half a billion dollars on rumored iPhone 6 sapphire glass feature

Friday, November 29, 2013 11:01 amFriday, November 29, 201316 Comments

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)

Friday, November 8, 2013 10:30 amFriday, November 8, 201310 Comments

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

Friday, November 8, 2013 10:07 amFriday, November 8, 20139 Comments

US-based crystal growth solution and equipment provider GT Advanced Technologies…

Apple’s iPhone 6 could feature unmatched sapphire glass display

Thursday, November 7, 2013 6:03 pmThursday, November 7, 201330 Comments

Apple already uses sapphire crystal in the Touch ID fingerprint scanner…

Why Apple’s new sapphire manufacturing agreement is a big deal

Thursday, November 7, 2013 10:30 am16 Comments

Earlier this week, Apple announced a multiyear alliance with GT Advanced Technologies…

GT Advanced Technologies spikes on sapphire deal with Apple

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 6:02 pm9 Comments

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

Monday, November 4, 2013 10:24 pmTuesday, November 5, 201349 Comments

Apple has plans to build a manufacturing plant in Arizona …

Apple strikes sapphire supply deal with GT Advanced

Monday, November 4, 2013 5:45 pmMonday, November 4, 201342 Comments

Apple has struck a sapphire furnace/supply deal…

Gorilla glass maker Corning enters into strategic partnership with Samsung Display

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 2:32 pmWednesday, October 23, 201321 Comments

Corning Incorporated announced today that it is entering into a series of strategic…