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  1. Re:iPhones do use Gorilla glass by Ecuador · · Score: 1 · on Behind Apple's Sapphire Screen Debacle

    Hmm, looking into it I do read that at least the original iPhone had the Gorilla Glass. However, I am not "making shit up", several iPhone 4 and 4s in the office had very scratched screens to the point that they were replaced, and we found out this was a very common replacement. The Galaxy phones do not seem to scratch. I have a Galaxy S3 with no screen protector with me for the last couple of years and it does not even have a minor scratch. Coincidence? I don't know. But why are Apple products not listed in the Corning page with the full list of products with Gorilla Glass?

  2. Re:Ion strengthened? by SternisheFan · · Score: 4, Informative · on Sapphire Glass Didn't Pass iPhone Drop Test According to Reports
    ION-EXCHANGE PROCESS Ion exchange is a chemical strengthening process where large ions are “stuffed” into the glass surface, creating a state of compression. Gorilla Glass is specially designed to maximize this behavior. The glass is placed in a hot bath of molten salt at a temperature of approximately 400 degrees C. Smaller sodium ions leave the glass, and larger potassium ions from the salt bath replace them. These large ions take up more room and are pressed together when the glass cools, producing a layer of compressive stress on the surface of the glass. Gorilla Glass’ composition enables the potassium ions to diffuse far into the surface, creating high compressive stress deep into the glass. This layer of compression creates the surface that is more resistant to damage.

    http://www.corninggorillaglass...

  3. Re:Well. by catmistake · · Score: 4, Interesting · on How Apple's Billion Dollar Sapphire Bet Will Pay Off

    The only thing it's hurting is the other people looking for sapphire display covers like was mentioned a couple months back.

    Personally, I'm on the Gorilla Glass bandwagon. It's: Stronger Stronger Cheaper & faster to produce

    apple can pretty much do what it wants and they have plenty of money so it's not like it's a gamble at this point. $1bn is not going to dent their bank.

    I own a couple of their devices, but I've personally relegated them down to be things I don't even carry around, and the interface always makes me feel like I'm using one of those kid's toy computers that has like 6 buttons with pictures on them (the cow says Mooooo).

    I to am on the Gorilla Glass bandwagon as well, and a big big fan of Corning. But Gorilla Glass is under patent. Synthetic Sapphire has been around since 1902, and it was cheap back then. Sapphire is hard... 9 on the Mohs scale, and the only substance harder is natural and synthetic diamond. I find it difficult to believe... so...do you have any references that says Gorilla Glass is cheaper and harder than Sapphire?

  4. Well. by Psyko · · Score: 2 · on How Apple's Billion Dollar Sapphire Bet Will Pay Off

    The only thing it's hurting is the other people looking for sapphire display covers like was mentioned a couple months back.

    Personally, I'm on the Gorilla Glass bandwagon.
    It's:
              Stronger
              Stronger
              Cheaper & faster to produce

    apple can pretty much do what it wants and they have plenty of money so it's not like it's a gamble at this point. $1bn is not going to dent their bank.

    I own a couple of their devices, but I've personally relegated them down to be things I don't even carry around, and the interface always makes me feel like I'm using one of those kid's toy computers that has like 6 buttons with pictures on them (the cow says Mooooo).

  5. iPhone users' assumptions scoffed at by 21mhz · · Score: 1 · on The Case That Apple Should Buy Nokia

    Glass will shatter,

    Sorry, I must have been on Nokia phones for too long. So you drop your phone and the glass is supposed to shatter? It never does for me.

    All materials come with a tradeoff.

    It must be scratch resistance for my Lumia phone. Its glass front has got one fairly pronounced scratch (an ideal arc, must have pivoted on something) and a few small ones. It doesn't bother me much, but it may be unbearable for some iPhone users.

    I think the material debate is kind of absurd anyway, since hardly anyone goes caseless.

    Here we go again. You have to use a case with your phone?

    Oh, I dropped my phone again while writing this. Big freaking deal.

  6. Re:Worked at a Symbian-using Japanese Company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Nokia Confirms Symbian Is No Longer Open Source

    thats what i thought too until i got one. its a non issue if the device has gorilla glass on it, like most modern devices do. the smudges just wipe right off by sliding your finger over them.
    http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/

  7. BFD by slick7 · · Score: 1 · on DoE Develops Flexible Glass Stronger Than Steel

    Corning has had a similar material for decades, they just didn't know what to do with it .