Isn't it funny that this patent which exists since 2007/2008 is coming up these days so intensive? I mean you will find today quite a lot of webpages full of these theories of combining LM alloys with sapphire material but under the line it is nothing new, isn't it? I guess some rumors before WWDC to push whatever and have some stuff to "talk" about but nothing in deep.
When this will become reality a start of a rocket is a small fart in our galaxy ...