Apple Inc. has purchased a large batch of sapphire displays that were originally intended for the smartphone Ubuntu Edge.
As reported by our colleagues from AppleInsider citing GigaOm, Mark Shuttleworth in a conversation with journalists reported that Apple has released a three-year supply of sapphire screens habits Canonical.
It should be noted that Apple already uses sapphire crystal in their devices. It is used to protect the back of the camera and fingerprint sensor Touch ID in the iPhone 5S. In addition, the company recently signed a contract with GT Advanced Technologies and has invested about $ 500 million in the construction of a new factory for the production of artificial sapphire coatings, which find their application in new Apple devices .