Synthetic sapphire crystals have one big thing going for them: they are fantastically resistant to scratching. That might make them seem like the ideal material for a smartphone display – and we’ve already seen them in luxury phones like those from Vertu – but they’re also not without their problems: they’re expensive to produce, and though they have excellent protection against scratches,
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