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Curved glass on the iPhone 5?

May 23rd, 2011 by Joseph Ruthaford

There is a lot of rumors and speculation running around the development of the iPhone 5. What features and cool new things will it bring to the table that the 4 could not? So have said that Apple is looking into curved cover glass on the iPhone 5 says some industry sources. There are reports to this rumor that Apple has purchased between 200-300 glass cutting machines that will be utilized by glass makers. The glass slicing machines are currently being stored at associated assembly plants and will be brought online once yield rates for the production of curved glass reaches a satisfactory level, the sources revealed. There is no real date yet on the production of the iPhone 5 and Apple is still working with suppliers such as the lamination, touch sensors and the cover glass and glass cutting. This will be an interesting move if they decided to go with curved glass and if by making a move like this is changes the production volume.

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