DigiTimes was canvassing its manufacturing industry sources again, and today it’s managed to extract some intel regarding Apple’s typically secretive supply chain. Steve Jobs’ team are said to have purchased between 200 and 300 glass-cutting machines, specifically a good way to use them to slice up curved glass display covers for the iPhone 5 . This move has apparently been with a view to accelerate production, with glass makers reportedly showing a reluctance to shop for the machinery themselves because of its prohibitive cost. Lest you suspect this feeling of urgency might accelerate the iPhone 5 from its earlier-rumored September launch , DigiTimes also reports that yields of curved glass aren’t yet adequate to begin using said fancy machines. So the iPhone can be headed for a similar curvacious look as we’ve already seen on Dell’s Venue and HTC’s Sensation (or even even the concavity of the Nexus S ), but as is Apple’s wont, it seems like which will be done with a tailor-made, custom solution. Not less than those Cupertino designers have multiple generations of curved iPod nano screens under their belt, giving them really helpful of the way to deal with the atypical glass frontage. Now if lets just have a good suggestion of when this phone will actually be on sale…
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