GT Technologies, the company that partnered with Apple on a sapphire producing facility in Mesa, Arizona, has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Under terms of their agreement, GT was expected to produce $578 million worth of synthetic sapphires for Apple. The sapphire is used by Apple for the Apple Watch, and for the camera and the Touch ID fingerprint scanner on the Apple iPhone.Of course, there was speculation for months about whether Apple would use a sapphire screen on the Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus. But instead of using the material, one of the hardest on earth after diamonds, ...
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