Apple reportedly purchased a 3-year supply of 4,5-inch sapphire crystal displays

Rumors are increasingly circulating that the new iPhone will have a sapphire crystal display, a material far more resistant than the current Gorilla Glass. The latest news is that Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company responsible for developing various software, including Ubuntu, stated in a teleconference about the future of mobile phones for Ubuntu that Apple "won the entire three-year bid for the same sapphire display we wanted for the Edge." 

In this way, the founder of Canonical made it clear that Apple had purchased such a large quantity of Sapphire, which directly affected the creation of the Edge, the first phone to run the Ubuntu operating system. This project was not completed because the company did not raise the necessary funds (US$32 million).

While Shuttleworth did not clarify the exact quantity of supplies that Cupertino purchased, he did clarify that it would cover demand for three years, adding that the size would be 4,5 inches, similar to the one they intended to use for their company's phone.

It's no secret that the iPhone maker is looking to supply the need for this material after the company signed an agreement with GT Advanced Technology and put its own manufacturing plant into operation in Arizona.