Mythbusters explain Corning's Gorilla Glass, compare it to other types of (not so resistant) glass

posted by Victor H.

Nov 20, 2014, 4:30 AM

Mythbusters explain Corning's Gorilla Glass, compare it to other types of (not so resistant) glass

Corning’s Gorilla Glass has slowly but surely conquered nearly all of the smartphone market with its scratch resistant solutions, and even the latest attempt by Apple and GT-Advanced to topple it with sapphire did not bear fruit.

So what is it that makes Gorilla Glass so tough and resistant to hits and scratches? Corning has smartly recruited Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters to walk us through the history of glass and show us all the advantages of the strengthened glass solutions of Corning.

The narration is brilliant: informative and entertaining, with lots of 10,000fps slow motion footage of glass shattering (and withstanding pressure without breaking), so we do recommend you to check out the two parts right below.

source: Corning

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19. HildyJ

Posts: 346; Member since: Aug 11, 2012

I'm not worried abou scratches nearly as much as I'm worried about breakage. Given that, forget Gorilla Glass, I want Willow Glass on my phone. I would guess it's not scratch resistant but its ability to deform should make it break resistant. It also looks significantly thinner and, hence, lighter.

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 10:16 PM 0

17. Af1rPA

Posts: 712; Member since: Jun 12, 2014

Moto X!!

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 7:13 PM 0

16. Ziggy

Posts: 79; Member since: Oct 03, 2014

This has been VERY educational, I now love Corning products and therefore I'll place this as dealbreaker selling point. (The iphone 6 and 6+ doesn't have this kind of glass, for example)

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 4:06 PM 0

14. PhoneCritic

Posts: 1382; Member since: Oct 05, 2011

looks like Samsung made a wise investment in Corning. The willow glass is really a great improvement. With sapphire glass really to expensive to roll out in huge quantities all flagship devices will most likely employ GG4.

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 2:59 PM 0

12. GreenZone

Posts: 146; Member since: Mar 04, 2014

Awesome as always...

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 12:08 PM 0

10. alexvv

Posts: 165; Member since: Oct 16, 2013

lovely show but do i need to remind all the shattered s3 and s4 screens? gg is not there yet..

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 9:11 AM 1

13. fzacek

Posts: 2486; Member since: Jan 26, 2014

Do I need to remind you of all the shattered iPhone screens?...

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 12:52 PM 1

22. alexvv

Posts: 165; Member since: Oct 16, 2013

your point is not opposite to mine. same type of glass is in use in the iphone. and yes they are shattered, too.

posted on Nov 22, 2014, 6:05 AM 0

18. Fazz1977

Posts: 153; Member since: Oct 15, 2014

Never have I seen a Samsung screen break. Nor LG or HTC... that disgusting fruit-named abortion of a company on the other hand... all broken.

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 8:59 PM 1

8. RocknRolling

Posts: 7; Member since: Nov 20, 2014

What's up with the hot dog in the "Can't imagine a world without glass?" I'm I missing something?

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 8:14 AM 2

7. blazee

Posts: 414; Member since: Jan 02, 2012

Would have liked it more if the progression if glass overall was the subject of the video and not just cornings progression.

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 6:32 AM 1

11. Beijendorf unregistered

It's a Corning commercial/infomercial. It's not like they'd show off their competitors being equally or even more awesome. They want people to believe Corning is the only truly durable glass alternative.

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 11:12 AM 0

6. SPASE

Posts: 261; Member since: May 03, 2013

Love these guys, always enjoy their show. They make learning something easy and enjoyable.

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 5:40 AM 0

5. iluvsonynokia

Posts: 161; Member since: Aug 27, 2013

LUV U DRAGON

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 5:09 AM 0

4. MythBusters

Posts: 20; Member since: Sep 05, 2014

your'e welcome !

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 4:59 AM 8

9. akki20892

Posts: 3902; Member since: Feb 04, 2013

U guys rocks....

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 9:08 AM 1

3. pitzy

Posts: 42; Member since: May 15, 2014

GLASSOME!

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 4:53 AM 5

2. ArtSim98

Posts: 3535; Member since: Dec 21, 2012

Love this guys! Mythbusters is one of the only shows I still watch on TV. Dragontrail glass FTW BTW :)

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 4:50 AM 3

1. itsdeepak4u2000

Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012

Great!!!

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 4:44 AM 1

15. cheetah2k

Posts: 2341; Member since: Jan 16, 2011

Corning glass isn't scratch resistant. False advertising right there

posted on Nov 20, 2014, 3:56 PM 2

20. SuperNexus

Posts: 127; Member since: Jan 18, 2013

it is better(lot better) than normal glass. That's the whole point of this video.

posted on Nov 21, 2014, 12:51 AM 1

21. fanesxx

Posts: 74; Member since: May 19, 2011

i didn't know about there history, they're way ahead of everybody, they're only challenging themselves

posted on Nov 21, 2014, 9:50 AM 0

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