New Gorilla Glass helps prevent phone smashes
Dropping your smartphone when taking a selfie could soon be less risky, says specialist glass maker Corning.It has launched its next generation of Gorilla Glass – the material used in more than 70% of smartphone screens, including on Samsung and Apple devices.Corning said Gorilla Glass 5 could survive more than 80% of drops from as high as 1.6 metres.Shattered or cracked screens are the number one cause of smartphone repairs and customer complaints globally.The new glass was tested on rough surfaces – a demo for journalists showed dummy phones being dropped from a height of 1.6 meters onto a sheet of sandpaper.Some of the phones tested survived over 20 hard drops in the lab. Typically, most phone drops are from between waist and shoulder height.
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