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		ZeroGravitas on Sept 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens Smartphone glass always has been that flexible and strong, Corning have had various videos demonstrating that online for a while. His follow up video was only a few days later, after people pointed this out to him, and fairly convincingly showed that this was just a newer generation of glass.

mhandley on Sept 17, 2014 [–]

That follow-up video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ANcWQEUI8 Pretty interesting (and painful) watching the effects of sandpaper on screens.

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