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One final thought, if subpar sapphire shatters you have to change the whole glass. If hardlex scratches you just polish it and voila just as brand new glass.
On the sapphire vs hardlex topic you're 100% correct, sapphire generally beats hardlex at the same thickness. The two main issues are: 1) making synthetic sapphire at the thickness and tolerances required for deep dive watches is already cost prohibitive on 1k timepieces, let alone a 300-700 dollar watch. 2) a watch that scratches means polishing or replacing the crystal, but a watch that shatters because they used too thin a sapphire means a totalled timepiece at worst, or a scratched dial at best.
In any case sapphire at this pricepoint is most definetely shitty and would not merit the prospex branding.