Corning announced Gorilla Glass 4


Along with the Mythbuster's video, corning last week introduced the latest iteration of their Gorilla Glass:

Corning scientists examined hundreds of broken devices and found that damage caused by sharp contact accounted for more than 70 percent of field failures. The scientists then developed new drop-test methods that simulate real-world break events, based on thousands of hours analyzing cover glass that had broken in the field or laboratory. The scientists used the new methods to drop devices face down from one meter, such that the cover glass directly contacted a rough surface. They found:

- Gorilla Glass 4 is up to two times tougher than competitive glasses

- Gorilla Glass 4 survives up to 80 percent of the time

- Soda-lime glass, as deployed in today's commercial devices, breaks nearly 100 percent of the time.