Corning today announced a new iteration of its popular Gorilla Glass for future smartphones. Gorilla Glass 6 is more durable than Gorilla Glass 5 with Corning saying it can withstand drops up to two times better than its predecessor.
Corning says that Gorilla Glass 6 can withstand up to 15 drops from a 1m height before it actually cracks. The company has managed to make Gorilla Glass even stronger by using a new glass composition that has been chemically strengthed for higher levels of compression. While there’s no improvement in terms of scratch resistance, Gorilla Glass 6 also has other improvements to ensure it meets the rapidly changing needs of OEMs.
— Corning® Gorilla® Glass (@corninggorilla) July 18, 2018 Gorilla Glass 6 is being evaluated by multiple customers, and it should make its way into devices due for release in the next few months.
