Gorilla Glass 2 to be in devices starting April or May

Back at CES, we finally got a look at Corning's Gorilla Glass 2, which is promised to have the same strength, scratch resistance, and impact resistance, but at 20% thinner than the original Gorilla Glass. This means that devices would have the same protection from screen damage, but will be able to be thinner overall or will have extra space for bigger batteries (which is probably a better option in our opinion.)

Today, Corning announced that it expects Gorilla Glass 2 to start making it into devices by April or May of this year, so we should be able to see soon enough whether manufacturers want to keep making devices thinner (which seems a bit unnecessary at some point) or uses the extra space for useful stuff like bigger batteries (can you tell that's what we really want to see?).

source: BGR

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posted on 27 Feb 2012, 21:06 2

1. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

Were any phones at mwc announced to have gg2 Michael?

posted on 27 Feb 2012, 21:09 4

2. nickjjay (Posts: 79; Member since: 10 Oct 2011)

Dear Michael Heller,

your articals are so thought provoking and clever. I want a bigger battery and dont care about thin beyond a certain point like you. Point well made.

posted on 27 Feb 2012, 21:13 1

3. torr310 (Posts: 1075; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)

second generation is not sturdier?

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 10:47

14. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)

no i guess, based on the article and corning's announcement back then.. but, thickness by thickness, it will still be sturdier, since GG2 is 20% thinner, but at the same strength..

posted on 27 Feb 2012, 22:01 9

4. galanoth (Posts: 426; Member since: 26 Nov 2011)

Hopefully they'll put Gorilla Glass 2 in the Samsung Galaxy S III.

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 00:27 1

8. sgogeta4 (Posts: 394; Member since: 02 Feb 2011)

Why would you want a product that Samsung/Corning sells to its competitors? Like previous products, they'll get something at the equivalent or better. After all, it's funded by themselves, why wouldn't they get the best stuff...

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 09:37

13. HGMIV (Posts: 52; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)

That's the FIRST thing I thought.

posted on 27 Feb 2012, 22:20 4

5. gragonHDfones (unregistered)

yay i finally see an agreement where people agree on phones dont have to be that thin. Use the extra space for something new to the phone world, or ya for battery.

posted on 27 Feb 2012, 22:53

6. androidrockzz (Posts: 51; Member since: 04 Feb 2012)

What about battery life?? isn't there any upgrade or better battery life solution??

posted on 27 Feb 2012, 23:10 1

7. christianqwerty (Posts: 467; Member since: 05 May 2011)

They need to make it stronger, not thinner.

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 01:53

9. nyamo (Posts: 274; Member since: 19 Mar 2011)

i'm all for thin, but i would take a bulkier device if it meant i could use it all day and not have to worry about charging

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 02:48

10. GeekMovement (unregistered)

bigger battery for sure.

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 03:40

11. CivicSi89 (Posts: 349; Member since: 23 Jul 2011)

haha i love the idea of Gorilla glass. But that picture... wow.. just wow..

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 07:49

12. henrickrw (Posts: 408; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)

This will raise the cost of our handsets. MORE EXPENSES

posted on 28 Feb 2012, 10:52

15. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)

i am happy with the current gorilla glass, but not with the current battery performance.. so yeah, i rather have slightly bulkier phone that lasts more than 2 days than to have thin phone that can only last half a day..