Kyocera to push the bar in smartphone durability with sapphire displays


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If Apple was planning on making people believe they were the first to use sapphire in smartphone displays for a more durable screen, Kyocera has made it a point to spoil those plans. The Chinese company has put out a video directly targeted at all the iPhone 6 rumors tipping the tech world off to Apple?s plans to use the displays.

 

They counter the rumors by saying that they have been doing this a lot longer than Apple has, with 41 years of experience using sapphire in everything from computer components to watch faces. And now they?re planning to beat Apple to the punch in smartphone displays.

 

They?re calling it the ?Sapphire Shield,? and if you know anything about sapphire you?d know that it?s supposed to be virtually indestructible. Coins and keys wouldn?t be able to make scratches and dents, and it would come out looking like a champ if it were dropped flat on its face onto a slab of concrete. Sapphire is said to be used as transparent armor for many military vehicles, and if it?s good enough for a soldier it should be more than good enough for your smartphone.

 

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http://phandroid.com/2014/07/18/kyocera-sapphire-shield-display/

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Well,    Tag Heuer and Vertu already use sapphire displays in they phone which are technically android smartphones (even if the tech is rather old, but still, smartphones with sapphire have being done way before Apple)

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Well,    Tag Heuer and Vertu already use sapphire displays in they phone which are technically android smartphones (even if the tech is rather old, but still, smartphones with sapphire have being done way before Apple)

 

But Apple will make it magical!!

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