Corning's New Gorilla Glass 6 Will Let Your Phones Survive 15 Drops (theverge.com)

Corning just announced its most durable glass yet: Gorilla Glass 6. "The company says that the glass will survive up to 15 drops from a one meter height and can be 'up to two times better' than Gorilla Glass 5," reports The Verge. From the report: As phones get slimmer and have ever sleeker glass displays, reports have appeared that the slimness may actually cancel out the improvements in new iterations of Gorilla Glass, since thinner glass is weaker glass, even if it's become stronger. Still Corning argues that sleek edge-to-edge displays have actually led to stronger smartphones. Sometimes, in smartphones of previous years, the bezel would crack first, then leading to a weakness in the glass. There's also a tradeoff between drop resistance and scratch resistance, which Corning has admitted to in the past. Corning says that Gorilla Glass 6 will have the same amount of scratch resistance as previous generations. So although the company claims the new generation of Gorilla Glass is "better," you shouldn't expect new phones made with the glass to be more scratch-resistant. The first devices to feature Gorilla Glass 6 are expected to arrive near the end of the year.

Comments

Oh the fools!

[quonset]

If only they'd built it to withstand 16 drops! When will they learn?

Re: Oh the fools!

[phantomfive]

I think the problem is part of your phone is still falling but part of it is not

Re:So

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a four bit material.

Take a clue from Motorola's shatershield tech

[williamyf]

IS five layers, with two digitizers.

Yes, it can be scratched, but they sell replaceable top layers for the beasts...

Much better than this gorilla GLASS thing. I mean, IS GLASS!!! By definition GLASS BREAKS!

More info here:
https://www.androidauthority.c...

Re:Take a clue from Motorola's shatershield tech

[thegarbz]

By definition GLASS BREAKS

What dictionary did you roll up and smoke?

Re:On What?

[K. S. Kyosuke]

15 drops of water.

I've dropped my Android more than that

[rsilvergun]

it's a $250 el cheap and has survived several pavement drops. The key is it's got a cheap, thin plastic back and a (by today's standards) thick bezel. Unless it lands on a rock it's fine.

Re:I've dropped my Android more than that

[Bing Tsher E]

$250 is el cheap? My phone was $120 but after I bought it, I saw it about a month later on clearance for $80. It works pretty good, has lasted over a year now.

What are the test conditions?

[mykepredko]

I'm wondering how "real world" they are.

I know something about packaging testing and you want to drop a box on each of it's six sides, six corners and along each of the eight edges.

How does that relate to a phone? What kind of tests do you do and what kind of surfaces? You can drop a box on concrete, metal or wood and you'll get the same answer. But if you drop a phone on different surfaces and at different angles, you'll see different problems with the glass and the frame.

Re:So

[gravewax]

that's an "UP TO 15 drops", it may break on the first!

Re: Old school glass

[Bing Tsher E]

It just has to impress schoolkids and give them something to look up to science about.

It doesn't need to impress jaded nerds on Slashdot.

Holy Gorilla Glass

[Daralantan]

15 shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be 15. 16 shalt thou not count, neither count thou 14, excepting that thou then proceed to 15. 17 is right out. Once the number 15, being the 15th number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Gorilla Glass of Antioch towards thy foe.