Corning officially announced the next generation Gorilla Glass at CES 2012 yesterday.
Corning claims:
New Corning®
Gorilla® Glass 2 is now up to 20 percent thinner, enabling slimmer
devices, better touch responsiveness, and brighter images without
sacrificing the damage resistance consumers demand. The result is
superior design flexibility for electronics manufacturers as they
develop high performing, touch sensitive, and durable mobile devices.
To get a better idea, Gorilla Glass is
0.8 mm in thickness (original Gorilla Glass was 1 mm in thickness) and
can withstand 121 pounds of pressure (same as the original Gorilla
Glass).
Apple has previously also used Gorilla
Glass for their iOS devices, however it is not clear if Apple uses it in
the current generation of iOS devices.
MacRumors' Arnold Kim provides some interesting details:
Apple has previously used the strengthened glass in their iOS devices. In 2010, David Pogue relayed a claim from a scientist that
Apple was the #1 customer for Gorilla Glass and buys "practically all
the Gorilla Glass that Corning can make." At least parts of the story
were confirmed in Steve Jobs' biography. Corning reportedly shelved the
idea for Gorilla Glass back in the 1960s but revived the project at the
request of Steve Jobs in 2007. The original iPhone launched with the
damage-resistant glass, though there has been some debate about whether
it still is being used in their most recent models. Corning, of course,
has never acknowledged Apple's usage but says that due to "customer
agreements", they can't identify all devices that use their Gorilla
Glass.
It remains to be seen if Apple will use
Corning's Gorilla glass 2 in the next generation iOS devices that will
be launched this year and if it will opt to go for 20% thinner glass,
which still retains the same strength or keeps the thickness of the
glass the same but offers greater strength.
Check out the video where Gorilla Glass 2 is put to test:
[source MacRumors]
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