Smartphones in the present day are larger, quicker and extra succesful. These gadgets comprise each data one wants at their fingertips and that’s exactly why individuals are keener to make sure that they’re effectively protected. However that additionally makes them a tad bit heavier, and the all-glass physique makes them extra prone to wreck ought to they fall. With the newest Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, OEMs can now present shoppers with smartphone safety that was beforehand unparalleled.
“Smartphones are the middle of our digital lives, and the requirement for distinctive scratch and drop resistance has solely elevated with our rising reliance on clear, damage-free shows,” mentioned Dave Velasquez, Vice President and Common Supervisor, Corning Gorilla Glass.
“We challenged our scientists not solely to create a glass composition that was sturdy sufficient to higher survive drops from waist top onto rougher surfaces than asphalt, however to enhance cover-glass efficiency for bigger and heavier gadgets. With extra subtle and different designs, in the present day’s smartphones are almost 15% heavier, and display screen sizes are as much as 10% bigger, than they had been 4 years in the past – growing each the stress on the duvet glass and the chance of injury. Gorilla Glass Victus 2 redefines powerful for shoppers and OEMs.”
Gorilla Glass Victus 2 supplies improved toughness and sturdiness whereas retaining the identical scratch resistance as Gorilla Glass Victus. In lab exams, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 survived drops of as much as one meter on surfaces like concrete. Aggressive aluminosilicate glasses from different producers sometimes failed when dropped from half-a-meter or much less. Moreover, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 continued to outlive drops as much as two meters on asphalt and maintained scratch resistance as much as 4x higher than aggressive aluminosilicate glass. The brand new glass will include a normal thickness of between 0.4 mm and 1.2 mm.
Gorilla Glass Victus 2 is at present being examined by a number of OEMs and is more likely to function in upcoming flagship gadgets in a couple of months. Regardless of the extra safety towards drops and scratches the brand new glass will not be anticipated so as to add to the price of any smartphone.
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus was launched two years in the past with the glass being utilized in flagship smartphones like Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely and OnePlus 10 Professional 5G.
Gorilla Glass has been designed into greater than 8 billion gadgets by over 45 main manufacturers. For greater than a decade, Gorilla Glass has helped revolutionize the way in which we talk and remodel the cell client electronics trade. With almost half a billion world shoppers but to transition to smartphones, Gorilla Glass will proceed to unravel powerful client challenges and meet the wants of present and future smartphone customers.
