If the layer of Gorilla Glass for the screen layer is considered as the strongest smartphone capable of maintaining the smartphone face from scratches, you may soon be able to smile wider because of the recent discovery of GT Advanced Technologies, smartphone screen can be coated with a material made of sapphire very robust, bullet-proof, anti-scratch and anti broke even slam on the concrete floor.
The company claims the GT ASF material called Grown Sapphire has a strength of 2 to 3 times higher than Gorilla Glass. According to Jeff Nestel-Patt, director of marketing of the company ensures that the material is scratch resistant real. GT Advanced Technology is currently looking for a way to create a thinner sheet of sapphire hair piece, which of course also as a way in order to be able to cut production costs.
Price sapphire indeed is considerably higher than the Gorilla Glass. If Gorilla Glass, which is already used in a variety of smartphones and tablets only cost about $ 3, then the sapphire material will cost about U.S. $ 30.
But analysts believe that the price will drop next few years so it could be made to make it more standardized. The company also believes that in the end they will be able to make the display where it is only about 3-4 times the cost of the display is made of Gorilla Glass, or in the range of U.S. $ 10 only.
According to analysts from market research firm Yole Development, the screen is coated with precious stones of this kind is already going to be present early this year. Analysts called Virey sure that some company is conducting trials and will soon launch a high-end smartphone that uses layers of sapphire in 2013 this.
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