Why aren't phone screens made of sapphire crystal?

This baffles me. A phone which costs a $1000 should have sapphire crystal. Like I do not see why this is not feasible. Yes it may be expensive but it is such a good material. I am not asking for the whole device to be made of sapphire crystal just the screen as a cost saving measure. Sapphire crystal doesn't scratch as gorilla glass or some compound of sapphire glass. I really do look forward to the day where I can carry my phone without a screen protector without worrying about scratches. Tissots have sapphire crystal glass why can't phones? I know HTC did have a variant of the U ultra I think it was with sapphire crystal but that's really it. The iPhone has some compound containing sapphire crystal but isn't fully sapphire crystal as a cost saving measure. If phones are going to have 2.5D glass the least manufacturers can do is resort to sapphire crystal. What do you guys think?



Submitted December 27, 2017 at 09:44AM by TheAndroidEnthusiast http://ift.tt/2l65r1U http://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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