"Gorilla glass 5" appeared, the protection performance against smash dropping greatly improved, scratches and cracks are hard to enter Super-tempered glass

Not only for smartphones and tablet products, but also for the super car "Ford GT"AdoptionGorilla glass's latest product which is strong enough to be strong and is synonymous with a durable display "Gorilla Glass 5(Gorilla glass 5) "was officially announced. The new gorilla glass is a mobile device and the protection performance against falling damage which everyone has is greatly improved.

Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass
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Corning Unveils Corning Gorilla Glass 5
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Corning announces Corning Gorilla Glass 5
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Gorilla glass 5 maintains touch sensitivity and scratch resistance while protecting against falling has improved, and details can be understood in a single shot when looking at the following movie.

Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5: Taking Tough to New Heights - YouTube


Gorilla glass has been adopted by more than 40 manufacturers, and the number of devices installed is over 4.5 billion units.


One of the reasons adopted for many devices is the strength and scratch resistance of gorilla glass.


It is highly resistant to scratches caused by keys and coins, and the strength that does not break even if it is screwed is at a level not competing with competing products.


In addition to high protection performance, gorilla glass has high transparency and can display pictures and movies neatly.


High responsiveness by touch operation is also one of the characteristics of gorilla glass.


"November 2014 announced"Gorilla glass 4"In addition to the conventional scratch resistance and strength, the protection performance against falling damage has been greatly improved.


More than 85% of smartphone owners actually dropped smartphones during the past year, 55% of people who have dropped three times or more. It seems that 60% of those who have dropped three more times dropped from the height between the shoulder and the waist.


Falling damage is one of the most frequent problems among users' feedback, and the gorilla glass 4 is subjected to a drop test in which it falls from a height of about 1 m to a hard asphalt in order to enhance protection performance against falling damage, and competing products Compared with the impact resistance was enhanced.


The newly appearing gorilla glass 5 further improves protection performance against falling compared to gorilla glass 4. When a woman takes a picture of herself ......


The smartphone falls from the hand.


Fall on the asphalt from the display. When dressed to asphalt from the height of a woman's head, if it is a conventional product it should have cracks as long as there is not much thing.


However, there is no scar on the gorilla glass 5.


Gorilla glass 5 is designed to be okay if dropped from a height of 1.6 m at maximum.


From the height of 1.6 m in the drop test ... ...


A test to drop it on a rough surface was done, and 80% of it did not damage the gorilla glass 5. This is a value that far exceeds competitive products, and it seems that gorilla glass 5 realizes durability up to 4 times compared to competitive products.


The promotion movie of gorilla glass 5 can be checked from the following movie.

Tough on Impact - A Digital Journey Inside Corning® Gorilla® Glass - YouTube