Experts predict that Apple will use the expensive and hard-to-make sapphire glass for their next screen
Design exploration what a future iPhone 6 might look like by Peter Zigich
The iPhone 5S has only been available for two months, but Apple has spent $578m (£353m) to speed up development for the iPhone 6.
Apple are ploughing their resources into the development of the special type of glass it will use for the screen on the next iPhone.
Experts predict that Apple will use sapphire glass for their next screen.
This glass is more expensive and trickier to produce than the Corning Gorilla Glass Apple currently uses.
Apple currently uses sapphire glass on the iPhone 5S's Touch ID button, and on the cover of its rear-facing camera.
Sapphire glass is said to be so hardwearing it's virtually scratch-free.
Apple is so impatient, it's spent £353 million on hurrying up the development of the screen tech.
The money will go towards developing the furnaces needed to make high volumes of the screen glass.
There are rumours that Apple is working on a bigger display for the iPhone 6, to keep up with the growing demand for phablets.
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