Why did Steve Jobs stick to adopting "glass that is easy to crack on the iPhone"?

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「iPhoneの画面や背面はなぜ簡単に割れるのか？」という疑問について、Appleに詳しいYouTubeチャンネル「Apple Explained」が解説しています。

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The reason why the iPhone screen and back are easily broken

It is said that one -quarter of users have experienced cracks on the iPhone.But why is the iPhone so fragile in the first place?

First of all, before the iPhone appeared, the screen was not so many cracks.Most mobile phones and mobile devices at that time used plastic screens, so as with Apple's iPod.

Apple should have a plastic display on the first iPhone.However, in the second half of the development, Steve Jobs said, "I want to make a glass display."

This was to avoid the fine damage that is common on the plastic screen.In a familiar place, it is a scratch that is attached to the Nintendo DS touch panel.For Jobs, who emphasizes the beauty of the product, it will not be easy to hurt.

But there was one problem.The glass is much harder than plastic, but at the same time it is easy to crack.Even if the display is small, if one point is shocked, it will be shattered.

»Even on the same glass screen, the iPhone is easy to break than Android

In addition, Apple Explained says that there is another factor that the iPhone breaks more frequently than the Android device.

This leads to improved durability, but at the same time increases.Therefore, Apple explains that he hated the plastic layer.

Another reason is that the glass surface is wider than the Android device.But this would not be unconditional.In recent Android smartphones, led by Galaxy, there are more glasses than iPhone.

In order to solve this problem, Apple seems to have tried to develop a stronger "sapphire glass display" in 2014, but the company that provided the sapphire glass went bankrupt and the plan was abandoned.。However, in the iPhone 12 series, "ceramic nanocrystal" adopted the front glass, so the strength is about 4 times.

However, since it is not used in the back glass, it seems to be broken easily.It is thought that the back glass is "to support wireless charging", but unfortunately it seems that it has become strong and off.

In addition, the increase in the weight of the smartphone is part of the cause of the screen and back easily broken.This is a surprisingly large impact, and the same reason is that the screen breaks easily when you drop iPads.

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