With its Gorilla Glass Victus 2, the Corning glass specialist intends to make phone panels resistant to all types of… annoyances.
Whether it’s smartphones or not, Corning does not cut corners when it comes to material strength. And its new promise lives up to its ambitions: in the very near future, phone screens will have to withstand drops… even on concrete!
Somersaults, scratches and blows: same fight
Omnipresent in our daily lives, smartphones are evolving rapidly. The technologies that make them up must therefore keep pace. Corning has understood this well: the firm, which has been developing ultra-strong windows for several years now, is upgrading its Gorilla Glass Victus range.
Victus “first generation” already resisted scratches and falls (up to two meters on asphalt) and Victus 2 retains these properties but goes further. According to Corning, this brand new glass should feel nothing, either, when dropped from one meter on “ rougher surfaces, such as concrete “, who ” is now everywhere “. A first, knowing that “ competing glasses usually break when dropped half a meter or less “, welcomes the company.
And, if the evolution of the product involved reviewing the composition of the glass, the challenge did not stop there for Corning engineers. They had to compose taking into account the specificities of recent, ever more imposing telephones. “ Today, smartphones are almost 15% heavier, and screens up to 10% larger than a few years ago, explains the firm. One can imagine the growing constraints weighing on the windows.
A glass on the market in 2023
As individuals again tend to keep their phones longer, this innovation in favor of product durability can only be welcome. In this context, the brand new Corning glass should be released on the market ” in the coming months as the company announces, without giving further details.
To date, no brand has yet confirmed collaboration with the firm for this product. But it’s a safe bet that Samsung will be the first to benefit. In February, the South Korean giant should launch the Galaxy S23, its next high-end flagship… Chance of the calendar?
Sources: Corning, The Verge, CNET
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