iphone家族已经在苹果的多代产品中使用蓝宝石水晶玻璃作为它们的原料。装有蓝宝石水晶玻璃的后置式摄像镜头并且在iphone5s中，镶嵌着蓝宝石水晶玻璃的the Touch ID home按钮都使得它们更加稳固。Iphone6，正如之前说的那样，整个手机表面都会使用蓝宝石水晶玻璃而被人们取笑了不止一次。

这周分析团队Trendforce的成员们已经揭开了一些供应链的细节，它将会引导我们相信iphone6将会使用更传统的表面，他们暗示苹果公司和生产厂家互相通话，生产产商说缺乏对智能机表面玻璃的需求。

但是与此同时，他们也暗示“蓝宝石水晶玻璃版本的iphone6今年将会限量发售”，这就表明限量发售是因为宝石玻璃的生产商的生产率低于预期以及宝石玻璃的处理，

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."