Apple iPhone 6 won’t have sapphire screen, report says
Apple gadget fans hoping for a super-strong, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal screen on the upcoming iPhone 6 are going to be disappointed. The new handset is not going to have one, says Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Mehdi Hosseini in a research note Tuesday. “Recent checks among the leading display manufacturers suggest sapphire use in the upcoming product launch by Apple will be limited to the home button in iPhone 6 (4.7-inch and 5.5-inch models) and the cover material for iWatch,” Hosseini said in a report on Corning (GLW). Corning supplies the Gorilla Glass display covers for Apple ‘s (AAPL) current iPhones. “Sapphire and the prospects of it replacing Gorilla on smartphones have been used by the bears as a cause of significant downside risk” for Corning, he said. “Our checks refute that.” Apple has a sapphire glass supply arrangement with GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) Apple already uses sapphire as a cover for…