Corning today announced Corning Gorilla Glass 4, which is up to two times tougher than any competitive cover glass design now in the market. The new Gorilla Glass 4 has been formulated to address consumers' number one issue - screen breakage from everyday drops.
Apple has invited an unprecedented number of fashion editors and bloggers to its press event on September 9th, signalling that that as expected, the company will unveil a wearable device.
Suppliers are reportedly ramping up production of components for a new iPad Air that will be thinner and feature an improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
More alleged iPhone 6 parts have surfaced, showing off sim card trays, touch ID home buttons, a rear embedded Apple logo, and an improved speaker and updated vibrator motor design.
Analyst Matt Margolis has learned that all 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models will get sapphire cover screens but only some 4.7-inch iPhone 6 models will come with sapphire.
The iPhone 6 will reportedly feature 802.11ac Wi-Fi, a 2.0 GHz A8 processor, NFC, improved Touch ID, and possibly a special chip for authenticating Beats headsets.
Cowen & Co. analyst Timothy Arcuri predicts that Apple will equip the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 with a more powerful processor than the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, citing Asian supply chain sources.
Declining iTunes Music point to Apple's need for a subscription-based music streaming service that it could build with the help of its Beats acquisition.
Taiwan's Catcher Technology, a company that makes casings for Apple, has been tapped to produce metal casings for the iPhone 6, according to a recent Morgan Stanley report.
Apple's 5.5-inch iPhone 6, referred to as the 'iPhone Air', will reportedly feature a super thin design, so thin that suppliers are struggling to produce batteries for it.
A new report details specifications for the 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 and reveals that Apple may move the sleep/wake button to facilitate one-handed operation on the larger devices.