[Swordmaker]

Why the GT Advanced Sapphire deal with Apple went south. . . details of the events, as best as we'll probably get them, through a cracked sapphire lens, darkly. — PING!

Apple Broken Sapphire Lens Deal Ping!

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[txnativegop]

I presume these “boules” are artificial sapphire?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

As bad as Apple behaved GTAT acted just as stupid.

[WhiskeyX]

Everyone may just as well disregard the article in its entirety due to being a case of massive distortions, misrepresentations, and outright falsehoods. It appears as though the author of the article set out to spin the story to make Apple look good, but ended up botching the whole affair. Take the following statement in the article:

“A day before the talks for that agreement were supposed to take place, GTAT filed for bankruptcy. Later that month[...]Apple responded by telling the supplier to put on its “big boy pants” and accept what happened.”

The article is falsely saying the “big boy pants” comment by Apple occurred in October 2014, after GTAT filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to Court Docket: #0462 Document Name: Supplemental Declaration of Daniel W. Squiller in Support of Chapter 11 Petitions and First-Day Motions, the “big boy pants” comment by Apple was made a year earlier in October 2013 as GTAT attempted in vain to negotiate the terms of the Apple contracts with Apple.

The entire article is infested with these kinds of errors. Accordingly, the article is wholly unreliable and not to be trusted as a source of information.

[zeugma]

Well, it’s obvious that Apple wants sapphire screens. Do we know if they are working with another supplier for their next gen?