Why don't they make Cell Phone screens out of Sapphire

[preslove]

because you touch yourself at night

 

[yottabit]

I once held an Omega watch that had a full sapphire see through case. It was $18,000

 

[Smoblikat]

Saphire sounds like an expensive thing to make screens out of. People should just be more careful.

 

[Ns1]

because you touch yourself at night

+1

 

[shortylickens]

Artificial Sapphire production is not at the necessary scale.

Yeah, gorilla glass is dirt cheap to produce in bulk. And it does the job. Maybe in the far off future we'll have artificial gemstones.

 

[shortylickens]

because you touch yourself at night

I got banned for that.

 

[LTC8K6]

http://luxury.gresso.com/news/721/2/

http://luxury.gresso.com/upload/iblock/5fd/press GressoAvantg GrandPrem_en.pdf

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, gorilla glass is dirt cheap to produce in bulk. .

no its not

 

[preslove]

I got banned for that.

You got banned for masturbating? What, did you take a video and post it?

 

[DCal430]

I learned something Hardness doesn't mean unbreakable. Even diamonds will crack, chip, and break if hit with force. Apparently you can take a hammer and smash a diamond.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I learned something Hardness doesn't mean unbreakable. Even diamonds will crack, chip, and break if hit with force. Apparently you can take a hammer and smash a diamond.

The harder something is, the more brittle it is.

 

[BladeVenom]

Sapphire would not flex before it breaks.

 

[jagec]

no its not

"Cheap" is ALWAYS a relative term.

 

[Ichinisan]

monkey glass,it's the way to go.

You mean "Ape Glass(tm)," right?

 

[shortylickens]

I learned something Hardness doesn't mean unbreakable. Even diamonds will crack, chip, and break if hit with force. Apparently you can take a hammer and smash a diamond.

If you hit it the right way, yes. Like crystal, will shatter down the center.

 

[jagec]

I learned something Hardness doesn't mean unbreakable. Even diamonds will crack, chip, and break if hit with force. Apparently you can take a hammer and smash a diamond.

Been there, done that. I have probably broken more diamonds than anyone on ATOT. None on purpose, mind you.

 

[HeXen]

I heard that people used to ingest diamond dust as either a cure or alleviate illness. Maybe they snorted it, i don't remember.

 

[Fern]

I learned something Hardness doesn't mean unbreakable. Even diamonds will crack, chip, and break if hit with force. Apparently you can take a hammer and smash a diamond.

I think hardness is more about resisting scratches.

Taking a hammer (with a chisel) is exactly how you 'cut' a diamond.

Fern

 

[WaTaGuMp]

How about no screen, then it cant break. I am a problem solver.

 

[DCal430]

I think hardness is more about resisting scratches.

Taking a hammer (with a chisel) is exactly how you 'cut' a diamond.

Fern

Yes, apaprently hardness refers to scratch resistance. Diamond apparently is not even the most diffcult mineral to break (crack, shater, what not). Apparently Jade (Jadeite and Nephrite) are tougher and more diffuclt to break.

 

[Crono]

We don't need harder screens, we need durable, flexible ones.

I can't wait until we start getting scrolls (forget tablets) with flexible OLED displays.

 

[BladeVenom]

Been there, done that. I have probably broken more diamonds than anyone on ATOT. None on purpose, mind you.

Step it up. Heat one up with a torch, and then drop it in liquid oxygen.

 

[mizzou]

I just put a otterbox on mine :/

 

[SagaLore]

They could make a lot of things better and cheaper, but then stuff wouldn't break and people wouldn't buy anything new - businesses would just cease after initial production.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Isn't that what they used to protect camera on iPhone 5?

I would guess 1) cost, or 2) perhaps finding proper balance between ultimate hardness and brittleness (e. g. how samurai sword is forged with different types of steel (carbon steel?) folded onto each other so the edge / outer shell is extremely hard but core is also sufficiently flexible that it doesn't shatter because of brittleness when sword strikes something. IIRC from The History Channel (?) episode I saw on how samurai swords are made, a well made one can cut a man completely in half (bones and all) when wielded by a skilled samurai warrior.



edit: looks like it was Discovery Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5erZqSyiT38&feature=channel&list=UL(start around 7:40 mark)

so now i've been watching tons of katana videos. of the 5 schools, i feel like i've seen at least 6 of them.