iSurprise: 7 Amazing Apple Patents for the Next iPhone

3. Sapphire Glass Screen

Before the iPhone 6 was released, various rumors indicated that it would come with a sapphire screen. When this didn’t happen and the iPhone 6 was launched with a screen of Corning’s Gorilla Glass, the problems of sapphire came to light.  Sapphire is supposed to be an unbreakable and unscratchable material, but Apple still needs to work out some issues including its thickness, its price, its brightness and its higher consumption of battery life. However, sapphire is still used on the iPhone’s camera and on some Apple Watches; maybe if the obstacles it presents can be overcome in the near future, the next iPhone’s screen will be unbreakable.