In March, speculation began that some manufacturers, including AppVertu is planning to switch from Gorilla Glass to sapphire glass, which will eventually protect the touchscreens of our phones, tablets and media players. Now, Vertu COO Perry Oosting has confirmed this speculation in an interview with the Tages Anzeiger website, in which he confirmed that Apple tried to recruit several employeesancVertu, who had experience in making phones with sapphire glass. Nakonec are at least two former employees reallyancand Vertu joined the Appyou.
However, according to Oosting Apple sononec reconsidered its plans and postponed the sapphire glass project indefinitely. The problem was that sapphire glass was not suitable for production in the quantities it needed. Apple for your products. The British Vertu, which was owned by the Finnish Nokia for a long time, is one of the few companies on the mobile phone market that has experience in using sapphire glasses, which are one of the dominant features of Vertu's luxury phones. Of course, Corning got wind of the speculation and immediately issued a statement saying that Gorilla Glass is better than using sapphire for mobile devices.
The company believes that Gorilla Glass offers greater strength, lower weight and lower manufacturing costs, which lead to a lower final price. Apple was therefore really interested in sapphire and was an area of intense interest for the company, which, however, did notonec decided not to use the material for the time being.
*Source: Tages anzeiger
