Gorilla Glass 6: 15 consecutive falls of one meter without breaking (according to Corning)
In a few times the new Gorilla Glass, now in its sixth generation, will debut on the telephones. Here are the promises of Corning, with some considerations that lead us to hypothesize the development of a product that can improve the quality of the previous version.
Better never forget it: in terms of promoting its products, with emphasis on benefits, all companies exaggerate a bit. There is no doubt that Corning has earned on the field the reputation of an excellent producer of protective glasses for smartphones (even if they are made for different technological products or not), with the current Gorilla Glass 5 as a standard-bearer known to many fans.
The fifth generation of Gorilla Glass has proven to better resist scratches and accidental falls than previous generations, as after all it is legitimate to expect when a new version of anything is proposed.
In the case of Gorilla Glass 5, at its debut, was declared a resistance to falls from 1.6 meters in height, although going to deepen the documentation better it turns out that the phone equipped with Gorilla Glass 5, during the crash tests from that height, it did not break in 80% of cases, not 100%.
However, a noteworthy result if compared to the disastrous and almost certain end to which smartphones fall from the same height and equipped with standard and very cheap protective glasses, such as those adopted in the low-end market.
In short, Gorilla Glass 5 is probably the best protective glass on the market, adopted by virtually all top of the range (Samsung and Apple, for example), as well as many mid-range and medium-high devices. In these days comes the news about the new generation of Gorilla Glass that, without any surprise, will be called Gorilla Glass 6 (Hotfix source).
In this case, you change the parameter on the front of the promises of resistance: no longer a single fall, but there are 15 falls on a rough / rough surface by one meter in height that Gorilla Glass 6 should be able to withstand without damage.
Following a US research it seems that the average user drops the phone about 7 times a year (even net of the clumsiness of the single, we think a likely data), from a height likely of about one meter (that of the pockets or of the stock exchange, approximately) rather than a higher one. Hence the parameter change, much closer to real life.
The stated data is remarkable, always achieved according to Corning thanks to a completely new construction while still using the alkaline-aluminosilicate material. Maliciously, Corning points out that many competitors break at the first fall (they do not specify which competitor though). All without protective custody, of course. Using a ” bumper “, in short, the situation could significantly improve, further distancing the probability of failure compared to the already appreciated Gorilla Glass 5.
The use of Gorilla Glass 6 is expected almost certainly on the top of the range Samsung and Apple of the next generation, probably going to confirm as the best solution on the market. Except for surprises, it will probably be like that.
