Why sapphire iPhone screens could be Apple's next big thing<article>
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Many years ago, when Apple’s idea of a smartphone was the
Rokr and the company wasn’t yet racking in billions of dollars by the bucketful, a friend of mine came to me with a rather unique problem: The plastic screen of his iPod classic—back then, still just “an iPod”—had
melted.</p><p>
A few pointed questions revealed that this was actually my friend’s second iPod; having grown frustrated with the scratches on the front plate of his first unit, he decided to pawn the latter off to his teenage daughter, buy a new one, and use a bit of clear packing tap as a makeshift cover to protect the music player’s screen from being damaged.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2456109/from-plastic-to-gemstones-how-apples-screens-have-evolved.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Why sapphire iPhone screens could be Apple's next big thing
