Thursday, November 12, 2015
Corning Gorilla Glass 4: May Finally Make Your Phone Drop-Proof
Apple’s plans for a super-durable sapphire iPhone may have fallen flat, but that doesn’t mean your next smartphone can’t be shatter-proof. According to Corning, the latest version of its protective Gorilla Glass should keep your phone intact even if hits the ground face-first.
Gorilla Glass 4 passed Corning’s meter-high drop test about 80 percent of the time. That’s twice as good as Gorilla Glass 3, though it still means your screen could shatter about 20 percent of the time. The company adds that there are no drawbacks to the improved material. It looks just as good as before and is just as resistant to everyday scratches and scrapes.
Gorilla Glass is pretty much the industry standard at this point, finding its way into the latest devices from Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola and Microsoft. Even Apple uses a strengthened version of the material to protect the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Corning says the improved glass is already shipping to some companies, so it shouldn’t be too long before a new generation of drop-proof smartphones hit the market.
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Gorilla Glass 4 passed Corning’s meter-high drop test about 80 percent of the time. That’s twice as good as Gorilla Glass 3, though it still means your screen could shatter about 20 percent of the time. The company adds that there are no drawbacks to the improved material. It looks just as good as before and is just as resistant to everyday scratches and scrapes.
“Corning Gorilla Glass has outperformed competing materials, such as soda-lime glass and other strengthened glass, since it was introduced in 2007, and we’re always innovating to push the limits of what glass can do”, said James Steiner, SVP and General Manager at Corning.
Meanwhile, Corning testing charts reveal that the new GG4, at a thickness of 0.4 mm, can withstand higher drops than GG3, which has a thickness of 0.7 mm. This makes the GG4 more durable and apparently thinner than its earlier models.
Gorilla Glass is pretty much the industry standard at this point, finding its way into the latest devices from Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola and Microsoft. Even Apple uses a strengthened version of the material to protect the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Corning says the improved glass is already shipping to some companies, so it shouldn’t be too long before a new generation of drop-proof smartphones hit the market.
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