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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by jagger27 on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:20AM (#17188366)
One diamond crystal smartphone screen for me, please.
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by dragontamer on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:50PM (#17189285)
The chief problem with smartphone screens these days is not them getting scratched, but with them cracking.

Diamonds, despite being very hard, are also very brittle. They'll likely crack much more easily than Gorilla Glass (another hard material that is hard to scratch).

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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by AstralStorm on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:56PM (#17189360)
Did you mean one that shatters on the first hit? Even Gorilla Glass is better than this.
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