Leaked 4.7-inch iPhone 6 sapphire screen is super strong and flexible, but will it be impact resistant? (video)

• By Sebastian Anthony on July 8, 2014 at 7:38 am
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With just a couple of months until the iPhone 6′s expected release date in September, a new video strongly suggests that the device will have a 4.7-inch sapphire glass display. The video apparently shows the front panel of an iPhone 6, direct from the production line in China (sourced by Sonny Dickson, who has a pretty good record with iPhone leaks and rumors). If this really is the iPhone 6 sapphire glass front panel, prepare to be excited: This thing is virtually indestructible, withstanding extreme scratch and bend/torque tests.

The video, published by Markus Brownlee, shows a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 front panel. It is virtually identical to the iPhone 5S front, but scaled up by about 50%. The iPhone 6 screen aspect ratio appears to be the same 16:9 as the iPhone 5S, but presumably the resolution of the iPhone 6 will step up to 1920×1080 (or maybe even higher, if Apple wants to reclaim the pixels-per-inch crown). The panel came from famed iPhone leaker Sonny Dickson, who appears to be well connected with Apple’s Chinese production line.