Klutzes rejoice: Gorilla Glass 3 promises durable smartphones

January 04, 2013

The smartphones of tomorrow will be more forgiving toward the clumsier users among us, with the promise of much better durability in Corning's Gorilla Glass 3. Gorilla Glass, which Corning says is used on more than 1 billion smartphones worldwide, will reportedly get triple the scratch resistance in its third iteration. The new technology should reduce the number of visible scratches by 40 percent, according to Engadget. Should the glass become visibly scratched, it'll retain 50 percent more of its strength than previous versions. Sturdier and skinnier Those are big gains over Gorilla Glass 2, which sported a mere 20 percent durability boost over the original version. And that didn't even necessarily translate to stronger products, because phone makers had the option to make their glass thinner at the original level of durability, rather than having thicker and stronger displays. Corning chalks up the added strength in Gorilla Glass 3 to a proprietary technology called Native Damage Resistance, which helps prevent scratches from becoming visible. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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