How strong is Gorilla Glass 6? We sat down with Corning to talk about the future of phones
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While phone companies are peacocking around with their beautiful new phone designs, Corning is sitting behind the curtain, designing the glass that keeps our phones alive. Corning recently unveiled its next-generation Gorilla Glass. It`s promised to be stronger than ever and designed to balance the effects of drops from heights and numerous drops to address what we need most— phones that won`t shatter when they slip out of our hands. I spoke with Scott Forester Division Vice President, Marketing and Innovation Products, Corning about Gorilla Glass 6 and the future of glass technology. Corning first looked at what Gorilla Glass 5 has accomplished and thought about the biggest issue with glass on phones. Though Gorilla Glass 5 out-performs from higher drops, it was counter-productive to increase the height success rate when the deeper issue lies in how often we drop our phones, not at what height we drop them from. With our previous generation, Gorilla Glass 5, we were sho...