Corning’s Gorilla Glass is no doubt the most popular screen protecting technology nowadays! And lately, Gorilla Glass 5 has made a debut as the successor of Gorilla Glass 4! Let’s take a look to see what are the differences between the new Gorilla Glass and its predecessors!
Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5: Much more resistant!
First of all, let’s talk about the Gorilla Glass technology! This kind of Glass is made by Corning Incorporated – an American manufacturer. This kind of glass is an ion-changed glass. There are two main processes to produce such kind of glass. First of all, normal glass is purified via a v-shaped trough and then the pure glass is cooled down and cut into small rectangle sheets. Secondly, these sheets is placed in a 400 degree Celcius with molten salt. This step helps replace the small atom from the glass with a larger atom from the salt. In the same area of glass, the larger atoms are more compressed and hence much attached to each other!
Back to Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5, the new manufacturing technology has figured out a better method to make such atoms more attached to each other, hence making the surface of the glass stronger! The brand claims that Gorilla Glass 5 has better from the performance! It can survive drops onto unforgiving surfaces. According to their lab test, this kind of glass stayed uncracked up to 80% of the time it was dropped from 1.6 meters in the face! Very impressive!
John Bayne, the vice president and general manager of Corning’s Incorporated, announced that “With many real-world drops occurring from between waist and shoulder height, we knew improving drop performance would be an important and necessary advancement.”
Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5: When will it hit the smartphone market?
Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 is commercially available right now! This new screen protecting technology is expected to be featured in upcoming smartphones from big brands like iPhone 7 series from Apple, Galaxy Note 7 from Samsung and even P1 from the legendary Nokia! Take a look at the videos below to see how tough it is!
