Corning Complains

Corning Senior Vice President Tony Tripeny has hit out at Apple's decision to switch from using glass to sapphire crystal, claiming it will increase the cost and reduce performance of future iPhones. Speaking at a Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Tripeny was asked about the material that is widely expected to be used by Applie in its 2014 version of the iPhone. Mr Tripeny claimed that, aside from the "sexy" name for marketing, there are many disadvantages to using sapphire including its weight, price, difficulty to manufacture, and lack of transparency.