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Title: The iPhone's sapphire future comes into focus Post by: HCK on August 16, 2014, 09:00:18 am The iPhone's sapphire future comes into focus
<article> <section class="page"> <p> This may be anathema for someone in the business of writing about tech to say, but I’m not all that interested in iPhone rumors. Shipping products are what grab my attention, not unicorns and phantasms. The minute Tim Cook holds up the new device is the minute it’s worthwhile to start examining features and specs, and all the speculation ahead of time is usually just the noise separating one Apple press event from the next.</p><p> So why did I take notice of this week’s report in the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-iphone-a-sapphire-screen-and-a-higher-cost-1408042296) that Apple is going to use sapphire on the screens for at least one of its rumored iPhones—the larger, more expensive one—as well as that smartwatch everyone seems to think the company will announce next month?</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2465628/the-iphones-sapphire-future-comes-into-focus.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: The iPhone's sapphire future comes into focus (http://www.macworld.com/article/2465628/the-iphones-sapphire-future-comes-into-focus.html#tk.rss_all) |