iphone家族已經在蘋果的多代產品中使用藍寶石水晶玻璃作為它們的原料。裝有藍寶石水晶玻璃的后置式攝像鏡頭并且在iphone5s中，鑲嵌著藍寶石水晶玻璃的the Touch ID home按鈕都使得它們更加穩固。Iphone6，正如之前說的那樣，整個手機表面都會使用藍寶石水晶玻璃而被人們取笑了不止一次。

這周分析團隊Trendforce的成員們已經揭開了一些供應鏈的細節，它將會引導我們相信iphone6將會使用更傳統的表面，他們暗示蘋果公司和生產廠家互相通話，生產產商說缺乏對智能機表面玻璃的需求。

但是與此同時，他們也暗示“藍寶石水晶玻璃版本的iphone6今年將會限量發售”，這就表明限量發售是因為寶石玻璃的生產商的生產率低于預期以及寶石玻璃的處理，

The iPhone family has used Sapphire Glass for components for several generations. Both the back-facing camera lens and, in the iPhone 5s, the Touch ID home button work with Sapphire Glass to keep them tough. The iPhone 6, as it’s assumed to be called, has been teased more than once to be working with a full Sapphire Glass front panel.

This week the folks at analyst group Trendforce have uncovered some supply chain clues which lead us to believe there’ll be a slightly more traditional front panel on the iPhone 6. They suggest that their contacts in the manufacturing industry show a lack of "demands for smartphone cover glass."

Oddly they also suggest that "the sapphire glass version iPhone 6 will be issued in limited volumes this year," noting that these lower volumes would be because "sapphire ingot manufacturers yield rates were lower than forecasts and [because of] issues involved in sapphire glass processing."