Apple has purchased enough to supply 3 years of sapphire material

With more and more news that Apple will launch iPhone sapphire glass screen this year, today added a news that Apple decided to purchase a large number of thin laminate sapphire, seems to be used to cover the mobile phone glass reinforced.

Earlier there was news that Apple has invested nearly $500 million for the purchase of a large number of new plants in Arizona sapphire manufacturing boilers and other instruments, while cooperation with GT Advanced also started.

Earlier news also revealed that apple and GT signed a multi-year cooperation agreement. Today, Canonical's CEO Shuttleworth Mark revealed that Apple has purchased enough to supply three years of sapphire screen. Shuttleworth said in an interview: Apple recently purchased a full supply of sapphire screen for 3 years, it is our intention to use the first Ubuntu system on the phone screen Edge. "

At the beginning of the month reported that apple as the mesa factory procurement materials to the production of hundreds of millions of block 5 inch sapphire screen. Bloomberg and the Wall Street journal, the two media have reported that this year Apple will launch the screen size of two iPhone, respectively, and 5.5 inches, with sapphire glass.