Apple could start to make screens for its Apple iPhone 6 smartphone in May.
The time period fits the time frame of previous predictions of between April and June Venture Beat reported Tuesday.
The screens are expected in 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch sizes, however work on the 4.7-inch could come next Month, with the 5.5 incher expected a while after.
The 4.7 inch display is down from 4.8 originally anticipated in November, which was 0.8 larger than its current iPhone 4 models including the 5C, and 5S Know Your Mobile reported.
LCD screen makers were originally slated to begin creating the parts between April and June at Sharp's factory in Kameyama, Japan, Japan Display Cos plant facility in Mobara, Japan, and additional places including a sapphire glass plant in Arizona The Nikkei Asian Review reported March 27.
GT Advanced Technologies announced plans in 2013 to build the manufacturing plant in Mesa, Ariz. that will produce a minimum 700 jobs in its first year of existence, and 1,300 construction jobs, along with others.
"Apple is indisputably one of the world's most innovative companies and I'm thrilled to welcome them to Arizona," Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona told PC Magazine in November. "Apple will have an incredibly positive economic impact for Arizona and its decision to locate here speaks volumes about the friendly, pro-business climate we have been creating these past four years. (Apple's) investment in renewable energy will also be greening our power grid, and creating significant new solar and geothermal power sources for the state," Brewer told PC Magazine.
Apple and GT are collaborating on the endeavor where GT is expected to possess and manage the structure's advanced sapphire furnaces, along with similar equipment under terms of the project's multi-year agreement PC Magazine reported.
. The iPhone 6 screen is expected to be made from the industrial sapphire or gem-like material created from artificial crystal, at a cost more than the glass on phone's made today CNET reported.
According to PC Magazine, Apple is giving GT a $578 million pre-payment, which GT will then reimburse the company for throughout a five year period beginning in 2015.
