Corning’s new Gorilla Glass Victus could let your phone survive a six-foot drop, plus scratch resistance
Photo by Corning Your next Samsung Galaxy or iPhone may soon include the toughest gadget glass Corning has ever created. Today, the company's announcing Gorilla Glass Victus - a glass that can not only resist a six-foot drop, but also the first in six years to meaningfully improve your phone's ability to shrug off nasty scratches.
It's a little-known fact that Corning's Gorilla Glass hasn't gotten much better at resisting keys and coins since 2014's Gorilla Glass 3, and it has arguably gotten slightly worse since: our reporting showed that Gorilla Glass 4 actually performed worse in some tests, Gorilla Glass 5 was in the middle, and Gorilla Glass 6 didn't improve any further since Corning was more focused on making your phone survive a nasty tumble...