08-30-2014, 04:05 PM
pRICE cUBE wrote:
The repair technicians conducted three different tests -- a scratch resistance comparison using a tungsten carbide drill bit, a drop test with the sapphire display of the newly released Kyocera Brigadier, and a a four-point bend test to compare the failure stress and strain of sapphire glass with that of Gorilla Glass.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/08/29/sapp...lla-glass/
Almost all of the comments invoke "Magic Apple" that surely has some (made up) way of giving the Sapphire magical shatter resistance powers.
Nobody keys in on the relationship between scratch resistance and shattering.
This gal lays it our very well in this (worth watching) video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJUD5WB_ko