Reports from the Far East have warned the punters not to expect sapphire glass to appear on all variants of the iPhone 6, as Apple has apparently run into one or two hiccups in the production of the panels. Most of the leaks to come out of the iPhone 6 rumor mill as of late […]
Reports from the Far East have warned the punters not to expect sapphire glass to appear on all variants of the iPhone 6, as Apple has apparently run into one or two hiccups in the production of the panels.
Most of the leaks to come out of the iPhone 6 rumor mill as of late have concerned the device’s supposed sapphire display. We’ve seen it bent, we’ve seen it run over by a car and we’ve seen it attacked with a dagger…not that it’s generating hype, or anything.
Well here’s the bad news – it’s now looking like the vast majority of iPhone 6 buyers won’t be able to stab their new devices with pointy things after all. Sapphire glass may make an appearance on a few selection units, but if supply chain reports are anything to go by, there just aren’t enough of the panels to go around.
So for the rest of us, it’s back to non-stabable glass…which is a shame.
The track record of the folks at The Tapei Times is mixed to say the least, but they have been known to come up with the goods rumor-wise. This time around, they’ve warned that Apple may only be able to come up with a…ahem, ‘paltry’ 10 million sapphire screens for the iPhone 6 by the end of the year. For most this would be more than enough, but they’re planning to sell so damn many of the things that 10 million won’t even scratch the surface…no pun intended.
As for choosing which of the lucky few will get the sapphire screens, it’s generally assumed that they’ll be reserved for the bigger spenders who are apparently more like to get their iPhones stabbed or run over. Or in other words, you’ll have to fork out for the 128GB version that’s likely to tip to $1,000 mark if you want to play with knives.
Would a distinct lack of sapphire glass goodness put you off buying an iPhone 6, or is it the kind of thing that really doesn’t mean a great deal to you?
