Apple and other smartphone makers already try to reduce screen breaks with Corning’s Gorilla Glass._But now it seems Apple’s investment in synthetic sapphire will pay off in time for the launch of the next iPhone and a new smartwatch. According to The Wall Street Journal’s sources,_Apple’s use of sapphire display for the next iPhone and rumored smartwatch_could drive up the price of the smartphone._According to_Eric Virey, a senior analyst at French research firm Yole Développement, it’ll cost Apple $16 per phone to add a sapphire display._By comparison, the Gorilla Glass screens in today’s iPhones cost an estimated $3 per unit....
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