| Developers: | Corning Incorporated |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | July, 2020 |
| Technology: | Tablet computers and smartphones |
2020: The announcement of a cover plate for smartphones which does not burst when falling from 2 meters
On July 23, 2020 the Corning company provided a new heavy-duty cover plate for mobile devices. Innovation of Gorilla Glass Victus is capable to sustain falling from height to 2 meters, for the first time it will be used in the flagman Samsung Galaxy Note 20 smartphone.
When developing Gorilla Glass Victus in Corning improved several indicators. Innovation perfectly transfers falling, resists to scratches and scrapes. According to statements of the producer, Gorilla Glass Victus twice better the Gorilla Glass 6 model and 4 times better, than other competitors resists to scratches, than.
The new cover plate is capable to prevent damages of the display of the mobile device when falling from height to 2 meters. At the previous model, Gorilla Glass 6, the similar indicator was 40 centimeters less. At the Gorilla Glass 5 model - is 80 centimeters less. Corning also worked protection against repeated falling. On average new glass can sustain up to 20 falling (from height about 1 meter).
The vice president of the company and the leading researcher of Gorilla Glass Dzheymin Amin noted that Gorilla Glass Victus does not exclude a possibility of appearance of scratches at all. If the smartphone long time adjoins to such things as keys, coins or sand, then not to avoid damages. Nevertheless, innovation stronger, than competitors is also capable to perform protection function long time.
Corning confirmed officially that the Samsung company of the first will provide the smartphone with the Gorilla Glass Victus glass. It is expected that the presentation of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 will take place on August 5, 2020, by the end of August smartphones should go on sale. Other companies are also going to provide flagman devices with Gorilla Glass Victus, however about plans of Apple and other producers to use heavy-duty glass by July 28, 2020 it is unknown.[1]
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