Screen protection is a serious concern for smartphones, and Corning is one of such corporations who always been a leader in terms of screen protection. Corning has just launched new Gorilla glass 6, that is claimed to be 2 times more durable and strengthen than it’s predecessor. The New York-based company stated that corning gorilla glass 6 made out of entirely new material, which consists of new chemical composition and new ion exchange process.
At the launch event Scott Forester, Division Vice President, Marketing and Innovation Products, Corning Gorilla Glass, stated
“With both its aesthetic and performance advantages, glass is on the right side of the technology curve and will continue to be the material of choice for mobile consumer electronics”,
and he also confirms that the device with Gorilla glass 6 will knock the market next month, but he doesn’t unveil the smartphone name. However, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is scheduled for August 9 launch. So, it is speculated the new Note device could feature Gorilla glass 6 in its display.
Corning also launched Gorilla glass DX and DX+ for small wearable devices, and they also confirm that the new corning glass 6 supports 18:9/19:9 display and as per the latest test report, the device survived 15 times drops from the height of 1 metre, which confirms the 2X more durability of the glass than Gorilla glass 5.
Last year in July corning had unveiled Gorilla glass 5, that was primarily made of a thin sheet of alkali-aluminosilicate, which is strengthened by ion – exchange process, specifically the glass placed under extremely high temperature and pressure, that can go up to 400-degree Celcius. The potassium ion-exchanged with sodium ion which is originally present in the glass. When the glass cools down the large potassium ion increase the compressive strength of the composition.
