The supposedly sapphire screen that belongs to a iPhone 6 has a known enemy

Jul 11, 2014 21:34 GMT  ·  By

OK, maybe there are more things that can destroy your virtually indestructible iPhone 6 screen, but so far we know of only one. And we have a video to prove it. 

 
An Asian website has taken the front plate to a real stress test, and the results are promising. There are numerous reports that the 4.7 inch diagonal display of the next-gen iPhone 6 will have a sapphire coating. That is a different material than the iPhone 5s model which was created by Corning's Gorilla Glass. 
 
The iPhone 5s was good enough, so it didn't get scratched right away and sometimes it survived the drop test. The future iPhone 6 display is even harder to break. Or burn, scratch, bend and twist for that matter. 
 
The stress test on this video starts off by scratching the glass with a coin and then a door key. Nothing happens to it, so the tester goes on using a blade and then a real hammer. The sapphire is unbreakable so far, and here comes the nail and the drop test. Display is still intact. 
 
The bending and burning test won't leave a mark on it so, after 90 seconds of real-world testing the screen is placed on the floor and a car passes over it. Guess what? The sapphire cannot take 3 tons (over 6600 pounds) and it shatters.
 
The iPhone 6 comes out with this durable screen at the end of September.