you've probably heard the term Gorilla Glass if you've been in the market for a
cell phone or tablet in the last several years and you probably know that for
some reason it's desirable but do you actually know what's special about it
the thing I'd like to get out of the way first is that it's not made of gorillas
sorry to disappoint you but Gorilla Glass is just a brand name that Corning
Incorporated uses to describe this thin tough glass that they make that has gone
from being an unusual selling point on portable touchscreen devices to being a
pretty much a requirement for many Shoppers myself included if they are
going to consider buying any touchscreen device gorilla glass's Main benefits in
no particular order are as follows it's easier to clean more difficult to
scratch harder to break thinner more flexible and does all of this while
maintaining outstanding Optical Clarity compared to regular soda lime glass to
which you might reply okay that's interesting in theory thanks lonus for
being corning's messenger here I'm sure Corning makes a lot of cleans about how
great it is but it's not like I'm going to go drop things on my notebook or my
phone to test it so is there really any proof that it's as marvelous as they say
it is and as a matter of fact there is at the last couple of trade shows I
attended I actually got to see live demos and even go Hands-On as they
demonstrated the impact resistance of Gorilla Glass 3 by shacking regular soda
lime glass a piece of aluminum and finally Gorilla Glass 3 with a big ball
bearing I mean after that they showed me their scratch test then they let me
perform their ease of cleaning test their pressure test to show off cracking
resistance and finally they also let me perform their Flex test at the next show
they had a new thing to show off and that's their antimicrobial Gorilla Glass
without hurting toughness or Clarity they've built in an ionic silver
component which serves as an antimicrobial agent to keep the glass
clean and protect the touch surfaces from odor and stain-causing bacteria so
yet another cool thing about it you can keep your eye out for and they actually did a live demo of that for me as well
now to be clear LOL Gorilla Glass isn't
perfect of course it can break we've all seen drop tests of cell phones on
YouTube but the objective isn't to make the world's most indestructible piece of
glass the objective is to create glass that enables devices to keep getting
Slimmer lighter curvier and generally sexier and yet be durable enough that if
you're reasonably gentle with them or even have an accident or two it'll
probably still be okay and it's not as if Gorilla Glass is the end of the line
in terms of tough you know uh clear
covering materials sapphire crystal glass is something that is coming to the
Forefront and while Gorilla Glass is the
800 lb gorilla of the industry so to speak right now that's not to say that
this particular episode as fast as possible is going to be the last one I
ever make about fantastic you know scratch and break resistant materials to
go over your touchscreen devices well I improved about the last fifth of that
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