Corning's Gorilla Glass 5 is its strongest yet
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When I look around me, all I see are cracked phone screens. No matter how many gorillas crafted those phone's screens, it always seems the tiniest drop will send shards flying, tears running, and wallets whimpering. Corning hopes to make that scenario a thing of the past with its recently-announced Gorilla Glass 5.
Gorilla Glass 4 already had impressive shatter-proofing specifications. 80% of phones with the stuff survived drops from a distance of one meter onto rough surfaces. That anti-shatter characteristic has gotten a substantial upgrade in the new version. Corning says ...