Sapphire is the new buzzword in smartphones - the material, second
only to diamond in terms of hardness, is almost impossible to
scratch, and it’s expected to make a splash if Apple releases its
iPhone 6 with a sapphire display.
But did you know that there are already phones with sapphire
displays out there? It turns out that some luxury phone makers have
used sapphire screens to set themselves apart from the competition,
and one such device is the Vertu Ti.
An Android smartphone by luxury brand Vertu, the ‘handmade in
England’ Ti costs north of $11,000 (£6,800) and offers a
combinaiton of leather, stainless steel and sapphire glass for those
swimming in pools of cash.
It’s in fact not a new phone - the Vertu Ti was released in
February 2013, but even then its features seemed sub-par: a
3.7-inch display with a resolution of just 480 x 800 pixels, a
1.7GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera and all of
that running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Disappointing isn’t it?
One thing that’s not disappointing, though, is the fact that
materials previously considered luxurious like the sapphire glass are
about to become mainstream.
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