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Corning Unveils Gorilla Glass 5, Can Survive Drops 'Up To 80% Of The Time' (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader writes from a report via The Verge: Corning has unveiled their new Gorilla Glass 5, which should make its way to high-end smartphones and other electronic devices later this year and into 2017. Gorilla Glass 5 is designed to improve drop performance from devices that are dropped onto rough surfaces from waist heigh to shoulder height. Corning says it can survive up to 80 percent of the time when dropped from 1.6 meters. For comparison, Gorilla Glass 4, which was released in the fall of 2014, was marketed as being twice as tough as the previous version and twice as likely to survive drops onto uneven surfaces from about a meter high. Some things to note include the fact that in Corning's tests, the 80 percent survival rate was with pieces of glass that were 0.6mm thick -- Corning now makes glass as thin as 0.4mm. Depending on how thin manufacturers want the glass in their devices, the durability results may vary. Also, most of demos consisted of dropping the glass face down, rather than on its side or corner. Corning's vice president and general manger John Bayne said if the glass is dropped in such a way, it's going to depend on the overall design of the phone, not just the glass. Gorilla Glass 5 is currently in production, though the company says we'll hear more about it "in the next few months." There's no word as to whether or not the glass will be ready in time for the wave of devices expected this fall.
The "For comparison" does not allow you to make a comparison...
Also what does "up to 80%" mean?
What does that mean AT ALL?
This is a really bad idea. Instead of making the glass thicker and tougher, which reduces the touch sensitivity, how about users take some responsibility and take care of their electronic devices? Be careful with your phone and drops should never be a problem. These new versions of gorilla glass are actually making phones worse, because the touch sensitivity is poorer. This is a really bad idea.
Corning says it can survive up to 80 percent of the time when dropped from 1.6 meters. For comparison, Gorilla Glass 4, which was released in the fall of 2014, was marketed as being twice as tough as the previous version and twice as likely to survive drops onto uneven surfaces from about a meter high.
How is that "for comparison"? There is absolutely nothing there that can be compared.
..where people care about the version number of a sheet of glass.
You know how it is.
80% of the time, it works ... every time.
This glass will break 20%+ of the time. Fixed it.
They should fix their Pyrex exploding glass problem first...
Also, Corning isn't Corning anymore; a law should be passed that
identifies when a (former) U.S. company identifies itself with another
country with asymmetric interests and values to our own...
CAP === 'suffrage' really, no kidding
Gorilla Glass 5 is designed to improve drop performance from devices that are dropped onto rough surfaces from waist heigh to shoulder height.
So it prevents breakage if you're standing on your head then?
This is crazy! Everyone knows that the iPhone screen replacement industry employs thousands of workers throughout the world. Corning makes more glass because of it. Apple sells more new iPhones. Nowhere in this story do I see anyone defending the rights of the workers who fix broken glass.
If Corning really cared about the lowly worker, they would make glass that broke even easier. This could create thousands of new jobs and return the West to the worker utopia that it once was!
80% of the time it works every time...
Is it gorilla glass or panther glass?
I would definitely buy something called "Teenager Glass" . My daughters subject their mobys to far greater rough stuff than an angry male Mountain Gorilla ever could . You can surmise then, that up to now ( as Father and family phone procurer and manager :-( ) that I've found that Dow Corning's ridiculously-named product continues to disappoint .
If you drop a phone face-first on a flat surface then the bezel will hit first and the force will be spread out across the entire bezel. If you drop a phone corner-first on a flat surface then all the force has to be distributed from that one corner, and I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of it went through the screen.
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What I read is "As little as 0%"
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
All I have to say is good job Corning at improving your product. Now back to the lab, there is more work to do, or better yet find some dude name Scotty and ask him about that transparent aluminum stuff.
Tempting as it is for every idiot to act like they know something about testing or quality control, please just go compare this thickness of ANY other material and notice how much better survival rates this material has.
Thinner glass breaks more easily, and probably new versions of things are still overall slightly better than previous versions.
Looks like this is used in a bunch of crappy android devices (high end my ass). Only gorillas would use these devices.
I'll keep my superior sapphire glass, thanks.
Funny, phones are so fragile now days that we need to add extra armor just to keep it going... How about actually build that phone properly in first place?
First off, the word is spelled m-i-l-l-e-n-n-i-a-l, but you know that because you've been corrected previously while posting similar trolls. Now that we have addressed your lack of spelling skills, let's move on to the real purpose of my post. Fuck you. That is all.
But when compared to other thin glasses designed for and used in industries and also massed produced,I still find gorilla glass to be rubbish.
Ask anyone who works in a chemical lab or lots of industries about their experiences of using other glasses that are made out of thin glasses,some are very delicate,but others easily put corning gorilla to shame.
1.6 meters = 5 feet, 3 inches
Sure, I'll compare it to plastic which, if you recall, used to be the predominant screen material. Plastic screens shattered almost never, and didn't have the huge glare problems present in modern handhelds.
The downside was slightly less scratch resistance, but a screen protector handles that nicely, and large portions of the population use those on gorilla glass anyway.
Wrong. Compare it to plastic at 0.6mm thickness. That is comparable to a contact lens. That plastic breaks much more easily.
The main problem is that too much phone manufacturers pandered to those who value form over function by making phones in heavy metal. These phones are denser and have more chances to break when they reach the ground. Plastic can bend and absorbs some shock. Metal will transmit the shock to the display and other components. Plastic phones are much better, but some reviewers decided they "felt cheap" (whatever that means).
A lite plastic phone with gorilla glass has high survivability to drops. Just don't make it in metal.
Pyrex used to be a trade name for borosilicate glass. That stuff is remarkably safe at oven temperatures. What is sold these days with Pyrex marked on the side is just ordinary glass (ok, maybe ordinary glass, -slightly improved-.) It is absolutely not borosilicate. Evidently, Pyrex means whatever Corning wants it to mean: it's just a BRAND now. Deceptive bastards.
"They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time."
How does this compare to sapphire crystal? If unfavorably, why are we still talking about it?
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It's a bit like those systems that claim to stay up 99.9% of the time - nobody would rely on such a system. Likewise, a phone that comes with a screen that is claimed to have one in five chances to break when dropped from 6 feet would provide me with a reason NOT to buy that particular phone.
Absolutely incorrect. The plastic remains flexible, so doesn't shatter. But even baring that. Don't be stupid and use appropriate thickness of materials where necessary.
And for the 20%+ of the time that it breaks, there's Gorilla Glue
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