Apple's opposition to GTAT financial restructuring sapphire outlook is still unknown

Mobile phone screen with sapphire material originally high market expectations, and now the prospects are unknown. Apple (Apple) indicates that the financial plan against the sapphire material provider GTAT, whether the impact of Apple's mobile phone using sapphire material will remain to be seen.

Foreign media websites including Appleinsider and MacRumors were quoted Re/code reports, apple showed against the sapphire material supplier of American GT advanced (GT Advanced Technologies) financial reorganization plan.

Reported that Apple believes that the proposed $95 million loan agreement GTAT, apple and GTAT will be lost in October last year reached a settlement agreement content.

Extremely advanced in late October last year reached a settlement agreement with apple. In early October last year, very special advanced lightning declared bankruptcy protection, the interpretation of the world's most advanced sapphire material can not meet the quality requirements of Apple's mobile phone screen production, resulting in bankruptcy reorganization.

Taipei Central News Agency reported on 18, the original market for high order intelligent mobile phone gradually using sapphire material to hold high expectations, but limited to the manufacturing yield and cost issues, the high order intelligent mobile phone with sapphire screen penetration is still relatively low.

The new iPhone is expected to begin production in mid 8 this year, in the second quarter can be published in the third quarter. Market speculation that the new iPhone drop test questions to solve the problem, is expected to have 5.5 inches of new iPhone with a limited number of sapphire glass surface.

Apple's supply chain in the sapphire, with China's blue sky technology and Bourne optics as the core.

According to relevant information, in addition to the blue and Bourne as apple sapphire cut after grinding mill, many sapphire crystal factory also through the blue and Bourne, into the apple supply chain.

To the current apple Home mobile phone keys, camera lens, Apple Watch sapphire protective layer for example, supply manufacturers including red, Monocrystal, STC, Chongqing, Hao Tian, Guizhou four days, these operators have the opportunity to become a mobile phone with a sapphire protective layer of potential suppliers.

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