Gorilla Glass as Fast As Possible
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·Techquickie
·2014-05-07
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you've probably heard the term Gorilla Glass if you've been in the market for a
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cell phone or tablet in the last several years and you probably know that for
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some reason it's desirable but do you actually know what's special about it
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the thing I'd like to get out of the way first is that it's not made of gorillas
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sorry to disappoint you but Gorilla Glass is just a brand name that Corning
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Incorporated uses to describe this thin tough glass that they make that has gone
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from being an unusual selling point on portable touchscreen devices to being a
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pretty much a requirement for many Shoppers myself included if they are
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going to consider buying any touchscreen device gorilla glass's Main benefits in
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no particular order are as follows it's easier to clean more difficult to
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scratch harder to break thinner more flexible and does all of this while
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maintaining outstanding Optical Clarity compared to regular soda lime glass to
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which you might reply okay that's interesting in theory thanks lonus for
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being corning's messenger here I'm sure Corning makes a lot of cleans about how
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great it is but it's not like I'm going to go drop things on my notebook or my
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phone to test it so is there really any proof that it's as marvelous as they say
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it is and as a matter of fact there is at the last couple of trade shows I
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attended I actually got to see live demos and even go Hands-On as they
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demonstrated the impact resistance of Gorilla Glass 3 by shacking regular soda
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lime glass a piece of aluminum and finally Gorilla Glass 3 with a big ball
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bearing I mean after that they showed me their scratch test then they let me
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perform their ease of cleaning test their pressure test to show off cracking
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resistance and finally they also let me perform their Flex test at the next show
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they had a new thing to show off and that's their antimicrobial Gorilla Glass
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without hurting toughness or Clarity they've built in an ionic silver
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component which serves as an antimicrobial agent to keep the glass
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clean and protect the touch surfaces from odor and stain-causing bacteria so
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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
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now to be clear LOL Gorilla Glass isn't
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perfect of course it can break we've all seen drop tests of cell phones on
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YouTube but the objective isn't to make the world's most indestructible piece of
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glass the objective is to create glass that enables devices to keep getting
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Slimmer lighter curvier and generally sexier and yet be durable enough that if
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you're reasonably gentle with them or even have an accident or two it'll
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probably still be okay and it's not as if Gorilla Glass is the end of the line
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in terms of tough you know uh clear
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covering materials sapphire crystal glass is something that is coming to the
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Forefront and while Gorilla Glass is the
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800 lb gorilla of the industry so to speak right now that's not to say that
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this particular episode as fast as possible is going to be the last one I
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ever make about fantastic you know scratch and break resistant materials to
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go over your touchscreen devices well I improved about the last fifth of that
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video and I can't think of a new segue now that my scripted one doesn't work
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anymore so there you go guys audible.com
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but it's definitely a classic How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale
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Carnegie is an epic tale of the many misfortunes that befall an innocent
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and I think I must be thinking of something else but maybe it's more about
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um making friends and influencing people but you'll have to listen to it to find
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out what it's actually about and like I said before the first one with your
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monthly subscription is free so that's audible.com tequ to check out that
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service and I think that pretty much does it thank you guys for watching this
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