iPhone 6 to have superstrong 5-inch sapphire display – report

The next iPhone's display will not only be larger, it could be so strong that a user may not need a case.

According to a new report, Apple is opening a manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona to build sapphire crystal screens for the iPhone 6. The facility could pump out as many as 116 million 5-inch displays per year, Yahoo! News reported.

Sapphire crystal is thought to be tougher and more scratch resistant than Corning's Gorilla Glass. That means an accidental drop or brushing up against the keys may not ruin you’re the new iPhone.

Thanks to some serious sleuthing by 9 to 5 Mac--including getting its hands on import and export records - the site deduced that Apple is working with GT Advanced to produce the next-generation displays. The clues include sapphire inspection tools and sapphire and chamber system units.