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Check out Corning’s latest glass advancements for smartphones

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

Corning’s found a receptive market in smartphones for its advanced glass manufacturing techniques, and the company’s various iterations of Gorilla Glass help protect millions of handsets over the years. Durability isn’t the only desirable quality Corning’s been working towards, and the company recently shared news of a couple other developments that could be coming to our phones in the years to come. No, that image up above isn’t a demonstration of some ...

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Gorilla Glass vs sapphire, Corning sees no real threat

Posted on May 23, 2013 by admin

We’ve been huge fans of future possible sapphire solutions for smartphones ever since MWC. We’ve also visited the factory that can make this possible. Sapphire is known to be an extremely tough material, almost impossible to scratch. It has its own downside though: it’s also very brittle. Gorilla Glass, on the other hand, is less brittle, but, it is much easier to scratch. Gorilla Glass vs sapphire has recently become a real topic. Currently, the majority of phone makers are using Gorilla Glass, from Corning, ...

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Corning Warns: Scratch-Resistant Sapphire Screens Still Damage-Prone

Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin

Synthetic sapphire smartphone screens: besides being fun to say five times real fast, they sound like they could be the future of advanced damage-proof smartphone designs. After hearing about the tech in some super-expensive smartphones, we got to check out a pretty impressive demo at the Mobile World Congress, and later GT Crystal Systems was nice enough to give ...

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Sapphire Could Make the Scratch-Free Smartphone Dream Come True

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Michael Fisher

Last month at MWC, we were treated to a rather compelling demonstration: a smartphone screen made of material so tough, it was practically un-scratchable. The company providing the demo was GT Advanced Technologies, and the screen was made of a material you’ve probably heard of, but in other contexts: sapphire. In an industry where hardware is fast becoming the differentiator of choice, “sapphire” is the new buzzword for legions of excitement-seeking tech fans. We’re going to take ...

Corning Talks Timetable for First Flexible Willow Glass Displays

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

We all know that display manufacturers have been able to create flexible OLED panels for some time now; they’ve been trade show mainstays for years. Despite these appearances, there’s been little indication that such displays are anywhere near ready for inclusion on commercial products, despite the occasional rumor to the contrary. One factor we don’t often think about when ...