article_snippet.sent: The only one that doesn't is the Sport model (pictured above) sapphire glass screens is made from synthetic sapphire, which is created by applying heat and pressure to aluminium oxide powder, before being processed to remove impurities.
article_snippet.sent: Synthetic sapphire is a hard, transparent material made of crystallising aluminium oxide, produced at high temperatures and pressures.
article_snippet.sent: Apple already uses sapphire crystal in the Touch ID fingerprint scanner on the iPhone 5S and 6, as well as to protect the phones’ camera.
article_snippet.sent: If the price of manufacturing sapphire glass screens drops, the price of manufacturing the glass drops could potentially replace Gorilla Glass currently used in most high-end smartphones.
article_snippet.sent: Gorilla Glass currently used in most high-end smartphones is made from synthetic sapphire, which is created by applying heat and pressure to aluminium oxide powder, before the crystals are processed to remove impurities.
article_snippet.sent: Rumours abounded that the iPhone 6 would get a sapphire screen, but the iPhone 6 would get a sapphire screen didn’t, possibly because the material is expensive to make when compared with standard of tough Gorilla Glass.