iPhone Repair and iPad Repair and the future of the screen repair industry
Whatever happened to Sapphire Glass iPhone and iPad Screens? Back in mid 2014 all the rage was discussion amongst folks on the impact of the presumed-immenent release of iPhones with Sapphire glass screens. This was supposed to revolutionize the repair industry as the newest model iPhones and iPads would rarely need repairs. Now that it's mid 2015, many people are asking, what happened to this prediction? Is Apple still planning to produce future iPhones with Sapphire Glass screens? The answer seems to be no. The Apple plan to "grow" sapphire and produce iPhone screens at a plant in Mesa Arizona fizzled . Now Apple and their former partner GT Advanced Technologies are in a legal feud after GT declared bankruptcy in the midst of starting up the plant. No usable iPhone sapphire screens were ever produced at the doomed plant. According to +timbajarin in his article Why Apple didn't use Sapphire screens , it's not just because of the c...