All their videos are made to reach the same conclusion: Apple sucks, android rules, google is awesome.
If you want to believe that, ok.
I call this BS, as the iPhone's mass production hasn't even started yet.
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4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Front Panel Subjected to More Rigorous Scratch Tests, May Not Be Sapphire
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All their videos are made to reach the same conclusion: Apple sucks, android rules, google is awesome.
If you want to believe that, ok.
I call this BS, as the iPhone's mass production hasn't even started yet.
Don't get me wrong, if I thought this was needed I would want it, but if one has to attack one's phone with sandpaper to make scratches on the screen then surely it is an expensive overkill, he proved that keys would not scratch the current iPhones screen so I would assume that would include coins as well, these being the two main offenders to potential damage to ones phone in a pocket.
If there are other properties that sapphire will bring such as touch response or clarity then I will stand corrected, but TBH on both these points the iPhone IMHO is superb and the benefits and differences would be so minor as to be relatively unnoticeable.
Keep the current screen and spend the extra money to make the iPhone water resistant to some extent, IMHO that would bring a greater degree of benefit.
If there are other properties that sapphire will bring such as touch response or clarity then I will stand corrected, but TBH on both these points the iPhone IMHO is superb and the benefits and differences would be so minor as to be relatively unnoticeable.
Keep the current screen and spend the extra money to make the iPhone water resistant to some extent, IMHO that would bring a greater degree of benefit.
I agree to a certain extent but current screens still scratch, so something must be doing it. The more scratch resistant the better IMO.
I'm sure water resistance will be the iPhone 7's new feature, as we all know how Apple like to (if you'll excuse the pun) drip feed us features.
That's not going to be a problem, because the iPhone is not going to fit in the pocket anyway.
Thinking about it, you have a very valid point, there must be something that does scratch one's screen, grit in the pocket perhaps? I must admit that as far as I know I have never suffered scratches on the iPhones that I have owned, it could be that my 57 year old eyes do not pick them out (A very good possibility TBH).
What I will say is, that if asked what in my opinion was the iPhones biggest flaw, scratch resistance on the screen would not be near the top of faults that I would want to be addressed. I think the iPhone would be nigh on perfect if the water resistance was tackled first, the rest, IMHO is the icing on the cake of a superb phone.
WHAT! Scratched up a perfectly good iPhone 5s for a YouTube video? Damn, Google must pay some decent cash to run a youtube channel.
I wish this iPhone 6 would hurry up and get released so I can start hanging out for the iPhone 6s (or will that be the iPhone Air S).
I wish this iPhone 6 would hurry up and get released so I can start hanging out for the iPhone 6s (or will that be the iPhone Air S).
This is being presented as a sapphire display for the next iPhone. Whether or not it is actually used in the next iPhone, it was pretty clear that the panel shown in the video had little benefit over Gorilla Glass 3. If this is indeed sapphire-infused or whatever, the entire "sapphire" selling point would be a gimmick.
Please elaborate on how I am an Android fanboy.
Remember, it is on YouTube, and if he gets paid by Google, that's why it had to be destroyed, to spread the anti-Apple propaganda.
Hey,, he stole my wallpaper.
Don't i know that guy from somewhere...
Why didn't i think of that..
WHy would Apple even price the iPhone 6 at the same price if it was sapphire anyway ?
It would be way more than that.... And the fact that it will be affordable means its clearly not sapphire..
And i fell almost fell for it ..... (oh well..)
The last part of that video DID reminded me of watching "Myth busters" .... though..
I got a good chuckle for my day
Don't i know that guy from somewhere...
Why didn't i think of that..
WHy would Apple even price the iPhone 6 at the same price if it was sapphire anyway ?
It would be way more than that.... And the fact that it will be affordable means its clearly not sapphire..
And i fell almost fell for it ..... (oh well..)
The last part of that video DID reminded me of watching "Myth busters" .... though..
I got a good chuckle for my day
Are you for real? How was that video saying "Apple sucks, android rules, google is awesome?"
We must've been watching two completely different videos because what I saw was a video showing how the iPhone 6 screen is an improvement over the iPhone 5s screen. There was no mention of Android or Google.
For those complain of scratches, what in the hell do you do with you phones? I've never had a single scratch on any phone screen in my life, including my current iPhone 5. People must be abusing these phones, and those people should be abused as well (verbally). What happened to common sense, plus Gorilla Glass is on the iPhone 5.
People pay a small fortune for these phones and don't have the common sense and / or ability to look after these devices. A lot of pressure / height is required to break a Gorilla Glass screen - so what are people doing to these phones?
People pay a small fortune for these phones and don't have the common sense and / or ability to look after these devices. A lot of pressure / height is required to break a Gorilla Glass screen - so what are people doing to these phones?
Is this true? Lolz, I need to think up some crazy prank to do with an iPhone 6 then. Show me the money!
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You keeping your phone in your pocket? Or you got one of those cases that also covers the screen? I think I'm careful with my phone but it's still got scratches, but hey, it's a daily use item and won't remain perfect forever.
Apple Rules!
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Remember the guy that was complaining the iPad Mini wouldn't fit into the pockets of his Burberry Jacket? He was going to go Android in protest. Many lolz were had.
I thought his test quite fair, he proved that the new glass was more resistant to scratches than the current glass. (Glass that is currently used on Android phones) What were you watching?
Uh, do you mean Marques Brownlee? The guy loves apple, but he's not that simple minded to ignore other great tech.....
It's not that easy. The panel is plane, so there is no "angle" to measure. To measure the index of refraction you'd need something like an interferometer or a refractometer (duh). That stuff is expensive. Also if this is a composite material, you wouldn't be able to measure the index of refraction of sapphire, but rather just some superposition of the different indices of the materials used, and that is not particularly useful.
What I will say is, that if asked what in my opinion was the iPhones biggest flaw, scratch resistance on the screen would not be near the top of faults that I would want to be addressed. I think the iPhone would be nigh on perfect if the water resistance was tackled first, the rest, IMHO is the icing on the cake of a superb phone.
True - I'm sure that will hit in the future at some point. What I'm really interested in is the drop tests, which can't really be done until a retail unit is released. If this new material is more shatter proof than gorilla glass then they're really onto a winner!
The three things we've mentioned I'd put in this order of importance
Shatter resistance > Water resistance > Scratch resistance
Scratch resistance > Water resistance > Shatter resistance
I've dropped my iPhones several times, never shattered.
I would like to use the phone in rain for position tracking and measuring pulse.
Screen protector is the only thing I use, I get scratches without, one thing is wear on the device, but not having a clear screen sucks.
Actually that's more unlikely. I'm 99% confident this is the real panel. Sonny Dickson has an immaculate record. Plus it's not easy to produce sapphire panel easily. More that likely this is the real deal.
Did everyone watch the video to the very end, where they take an arrow and shoot it right through the purported iPhone 6 screen? It shatters into a hundred pieces in slo-mo. After all this incessant speculating about sapphire, that was strangely satisfying.