Although Apple has upgraded the rear camera to an 8-megapixel model more comparable to the iPhone 6, it's still missing some features, including a sapphire lens cover. Sapphire is tougher to scratch ...

Over the past couple of weeks, YouTubers have been conducting all kinds of "tests" on the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, looking for flaws, confirming Apple's design claims, and exploring new ...

We may not yet have sapphire glass on our iPhone screens, but Apple has been claiming to use the ultra-hard material for its iPhone camera lens since 2013’s iPhone 5s. However, those claims are being ...

A new video shared over the weekend tests the claim going around that the iPhone 7 camera sapphire lens and Home button covers are less durable than common sapphire covers used in watches.

Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are advertised as having a sapphire glass, but now it would appear that the handsets may not actually have true sapphire glass. YouTuber JerryRigEverything has put ...

Why is the iPhone 7's sapphire camera lens easier to scratch than other sapphire crystal-based consumer products? As discussed previously on Forbes, the durability of the iPhone 7 camera lens appears ...

Apple has been fitting its iPhone camera lenses with sapphire glass since the launch of the iPhone 5S, but the material might fall short of its purported scratch resistance. Due to a new video that ...

JerryRigEverything, or also known simply as Zack, is a YouTuber who happens to perform durability tests and teardowns of the latest flagship smartphones. In his durability tests, he does everything ...

There’s been a lot of talk over the past few months about the distinct possibility that smartphones of the future will begin using sapphire to protect their faces. MIT Technology Review suggested as ...

The story of Corning's Gorilla Glass dates back over six decades. The glass maker accidentally made a product that no one was interested in using, and for years it was known as Chemcor and simply had ...