Watch Gorilla Glass 2 Get Stress Tested Against Other Glass

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Looks pretty solid..Would've been nice to see a scratch resistant test though. My iphone 4 has still gotten scratches what looks like has been from my car keys:/
 
[citation][nom]chickenhoagie[/nom]Looks pretty solid..Would've been nice to see a scratch resistant test though. My iphone 4 has still gotten scratches what looks like has been from my car keys[/citation]
I became borderline religious about which pockets I use for what items after my old iPhone 3G got a nasty gouge in the middle of the screen. Keys, change, ID badges, etc. go in the right pocket. Phone, paper and other items softer than the screen go in the left.
 
[citation][nom]chickenhoagie[/nom]Looks pretty solid..Would've been nice to see a scratch resistant test though. My iphone 4 has still gotten scratches what looks like has been from my car keys[/citation]
Yeah agreed. But my current phone uses Gorilla Glass 1 and it is pretty darn scratch proof. Not that I get my keys or coins and rub it across my screen. Just regular everyday use.
 
[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]They can make glass bend like that but our phones still shatter anyway, eh.[/citation]
I think Samsung is suppose to come out with bending glass cellphones this year.
 
[citation][nom]azncracker[/nom]Why don't they ever break the glass? I want to see how much force it can withstand[/citation]

agreed. nice to see what does not brake it but a test is nor relevant without showing how much force breaks gorilla glass version one and version two. ambiguous results.
 
How about a plexiglass screen. It will definitely not shatter.
If, after a year of hard use, it is a bit scratched up you swap it for a new screen.
Plexiglass is not that expensive to make so a replacement screen could be $9.95 without a problem.

 
[citation][nom]azncracker[/nom]Why don't they ever break the glass? I want to see how much force it can withstand[/citation]
Because they can't :/
they tried though! LOL
 
[citation][nom]chickenhoagie[/nom]Looks pretty solid..Would've been nice to see a scratch resistant test though. My iphone 4 has still gotten scratches what looks like has been from my car keys[/citation]


iPhone 4 and 4S do NOT use Gorilla Glass. Fact.
 
So does this mean I can now safely play my Wii without putting on the stupid safety strap, and if I happen to launch the controller at the TV, it won't break if it has Gorilla Glass 2? Just curious. Someone should do that test. :)
 
The reason they don't break it, simple: Look better.
Simply showing the glass breaking can have a bad impact on the vision of the product.

Or maybe the glass will shatter dangerously is it break this way...
 
[citation][nom]chickenhoagie[/nom]Looks pretty solid..Would've been nice to see a scratch resistant test though. My iphone 4 has still gotten scratches what looks like has been from my car keys[/citation]
That is probably because the iPhone 4 and 4S don't have Gorilla Glass, they use a different material which isn't as scratch resistant as Gorilla Glass.
 
[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]How about a plexiglass screen. It will definitely not shatter.If, after a year of hard use, it is a bit scratched up you swap it for a new screen.Plexiglass is not that expensive to make so a replacement screen could be $9.95 without a problem.[/citation]
Can you make touch sensitive screens using plexiglass though? I imagine not...
 
[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]How about a plexiglass screen. It will definitely not shatter.If, after a year of hard use, it is a bit scratched up you swap it for a new screen.Plexiglass is not that expensive to make so a replacement screen could be $9.95 without a problem.[/citation]

Yeah, as if we weren't past coke bottle glasses, now we can 'go retro' with brick sized phones with coke bottle screens.

I would rather have a $100+ screen that doesn't scratch, than have a $10 one that scratches the first time I drop my keys in the wrong pocket. Even getting a cheap screen replaced takes time, is inconvenient, and costs in labor.

My iPhone 3g is over 3 years old, been treated well, but have had accidents. Not one scratch on the glass itself, despite scratches on the back. The phone has been dropped 2-3 times, and I have slipped my keys in with it at least once.

My HTC Thunderbolt, just a week old at the time, got a single scratch on the digitizer large enough to catch your finger nail in it due to accidentally putting my keys in the same pocket. FAIL. Estimate for replacement of the digitizer is up to 3 weeks & $160.
 
[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]How about a plexiglass screen. It will definitely not shatter.If, after a year of hard use, it is a bit scratched up you swap it for a new screen.Plexiglass is not that expensive to make so a replacement screen could be $9.95 without a problem.[/citation]
Plexiglass has no scratch resistance at all. I don't want to be spending $10 a week to replace my phone's screen.
Not to mention the texture of plexiglass is NOT smooth like glass and would feel terrible under my fingers with a touchscreen.

ON another note, why does everyone keep talking about the iphone as if it has gorilla glass? It doesn't use gorilla glass. That is why your iphones are "scratching" and "gouging."
 
[citation][nom]CKKwan[/nom]Dear all,Can anyone tell me if this glass is bio degradable or at least can be recycled easily?[/citation]

I imagine that it's not biodegradable,but it's glass so give it time and the elements and it will turn into it's base components, silica and probably what ever chemicals Corning used to make it. and since it's glass it can also be recycled given enough heat being applied to smelt it. Still though it's more environmentally friendly to have a phone with Gorilla Glass and keeping that glass through the lifetime of the device instead of having the same phone with weaker glass or with a screen protector being replaced every so often.
 
[citation][nom]jurassic1024[/nom]iPhone 4 and 4S do NOT use Gorilla Glass. Fact.[/citation]

Hate to break it to you but you are dead wrong. I grew up in Corning and know a lot of engineers that work for Corning Inc, and they have admitted when I asked that my Iphone uses gorilla glass. Apple pays them to not advertise that so that it can do its own advertising.
 
Totally bogus stupid -- if they don't break the glass, it doesn't show that glass2 is any better than glass1. It only shows that for some reason, this demo wouldn't come out the way they want it to, so they didn't do it. I'm ok with gorilla glass, but if you want to sell this as something new, you have to actually show that it is something new. (Hey this phone book, I can't rip it in half with my bare hands. And now this new phone book is thinner, and I still can't rip it in half!)
 
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