Apple : Apple could stick sapphire to screens, processors and more in iPhone 6 |
| Apple could stick sapphire to screens, processors and more in iPhone 6 Posted:  Apple has filed a patent that reveals some of the ways it might utilize sapphire in its future devices, like the iPhone 6 and the next iPad. The patent actually describes ways that sapphire might be attached to electronics, but in doing so it reveals potential applications for the material. We already know that Apple might use a sapphire coating to make its devices' screens even tougher than the Gorilla Glass it currently uses. Sapphire is hard to break and literally crystal clear, after all. But how about using sapphire to dissipate heat from an iPhone's processor? Melting for sapphireIt turns out sapphire conducts heat just as well as some metals do, and the new Apple patent describe mounting the crystal to a device's chip to help absorb some of those degrees. When it comes to how the sapphire would actually be mounted, the patent describes a few techniques. In one melted plastic or metal is poured through an aperture in the sapphire surface, thereby binding them together when it cools. Then electronics can be attached to the metal or plastic. Another method describes a molding technique that would attach other materials directly to the sapphire substrate's edges. A sapphire futureSapphire is already being used in Apple's devices - as the camera lens cover on the iPhone 5, and as the fingerprint sensor cover on the iPhone 5S. And crystal specialists GT Advanced Technologies revealed in November 2013 they had signed a multi-year supply deal with Apple. Apple's plans for the material going forward are unknown, but it's clearly investigating every option.
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| Apple slams Samsung with key victory in ongoing patent dispute Posted:  Samsung and Apple are about to go to court - again - and Apple is already coming out ahead in pre-trial proceedings. Judge Lucy Koh, who's been dealing with the companies' bickering for years, has granted Apple two victories against Samsung as their March trial approaches. One has to do with an autocorrect patent held by Apple; Koh determined that Samsung's Android smartphones like the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy Note, which use a system that guesses which words users are typing and displays its guesses in real time, do infringe on it. Samsung will now need to prove that Apple's patent is invalid in order to win in March. Autocorrect thisThe other blow relates to a Samsung patent for syncing media between devices, which Judge Koh ruled to be invalid. She reportedly agreed with Apple's arguments that the Samsung-owned patent added too little to systems that existed before it to be considered valid. That means Samsung will have only four claims left to fight over when the March trial arrives. Alternatively, Apple and Samsung might find a solution when they duke it out privately in February, though considering how pointless their settlement talks have been in the past it's more likely this case will go to trial in March. One of a kindIt's also come to light recently that Apple has been insisting that any settlement it reaches with Samsung has to include an anti-cloning provision. What this means is that Samsung would be prevented from "copying" Apple products in the future. Considering this years-long battle is at least partially based on Samsung's assertion that it doesn't copy Apple products, we're guessing that hasn't gone over well with the Korean company.
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