Samsung Galaxy Nexus uses some type of "fortified glass", after all

9. bobfreking55 (Posts: 866; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)

The curved display would also probably prevent it from scratches etc. and I think Samsung could have developed something better. :)

no worries.

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

Not surprising. Commented on this in the PA article saying that the Nexus wasn't going with Corning's Gorilla glass.

24. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

I always encourage people to buy screen protectors for their phones. GGlass or not, they prevent scratches.

My concern is cracking the screen from being dropped. Cases can only protect so much and without GGLASS or something similar its always a fear.

30. iankellogg (Posts: 155; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)

I think I am squarely in the minority but I never put screen protectors or cases on my phones. I strongly believe that a phone should be designed to survive anything AS IS. If your phone needs protection then it is a piece of s**t. i'm looking at you iPhone 4Shattermagnet.

45. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)

I got to agree with the part of "...a phone should be designed to survive anything as is." cases just look awful :(

44. robinrisk (unregistered)

How? Gorilla glass doesnt get scratched by anything short of a drilling machine, so i guess whith gorila glass there´s no need for screen protectors, it´s already built into the phone.

48. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

I'm far more concerned with my screen getting cracked than scratched. Most scratches cant be seen unless you are under a bright light with the right angle and I have seen it first hand if you put a invishield screen protector on a phone with a scratch on it, it actually covers up the scratch and you can't see it.

23. rd_nest (Posts: 1656; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)

*** NOT MY RESEARCH ***

Gorilla Glass was trademarked in 2008 for Corning's alkali aluminosilicate glass, their patent for such glass ran out some 20 years ago, anyone can make as much alkali aluminosilicate glass as they want without having to pay Corning for a name, Apple uses alkali aluminosilicate glass in the iPhone not Gorilla Glass. Using a non-name version isn't what makes them fail drop tests, since alkali aluminosilicate glass isn't shatterproof by whatever you call it but due to the design of the phone itself, alkali aluminosilicate glass is just more scratch resistant and a bit more bendable.

Glass is made by Samsung Corning Precision Glass.

It is joint venture company between Samsung and Corning.

http://www.scp.samsung.com/company/coringcompany.asp

It's the same type of glass used in S2, but without the Gorilla branding.

54. KRONeage (Posts: 144; Member since: 17 Apr 2011)

Samsung Corning (joint venture since 1973) merged with Samsung recently. However it is still listed in Corning's holdings. They have incorporated the Fusion Technology used in LCD Glass substrates into making mobile glass substrates.

Now they've jointly advanced the technology in their own R&D labs at Samsung. Anyway only Corning's plant in America and Japan can use the Trademark "Gorilla Glass" for mobile screens only (phones and tablet PC's). These Gorilla Glass screens must be flat by the very nature of the process used and it's the process, not the use of alkali alumino-sillicate that was patented and trademarked in "Gorilla Glass" formulation!

So in Samsung Korea had to make a fortified glass that is thicker at top and bottom than it is in the center. So the main difference is in a fortified glass (like usedNokia's N9) to achieve curved edges instead of the sharp edges of Gorrilla Glass and be of tapered thickness. It also has to be more flexible, even though no flexible phones are being made yet, Samsung Corning is ready this. The screen itself is flat. Only the glass is tapered in thickness. But the high tech Fusion process

55. jumpercable69 (Posts: 1; Member since: 04 Jun 2012)

Corning experimented with chemically strengthened glass in 1960, as part of an initiative called "Project Muscle". Within a few years it had developed what it named "Chemcor" glass. Corning could find no practical use for the glass at the time and the predecessor of "Gorilla Glass" was never put into mass production, excepting its use in approximately one hundred 1968 Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda race cars, where the reduced weight was key. This information is from Wikipedia. You might think this is incorrect information but I heard exactly the same thing about 3 years ago. So it is correct to the best of my knowledge.

4. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)

who said better than? the article says just as well as.


i was actually wondering about this when i read the corning tweet. just because they aren't using the brand name doesnt mean they arent using the technology (or a very similar one)

17. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)

good.. i can breathe again. lol. the lack of protective glass might have been my final straw.

25. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

Agreed remix, I can get over the lack of a micro SD slot and some other gripes but it doesn't matter how awesome a phone is, it looks like s**t with a cracked screen.

16. aries.phills (Posts: 140; Member since: 17 May 2011)

Then G Glass will have to run for its money. Technically, thats what we want. COMPETITION!!!!!!!!

33. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)

sorry big boss. i need to stop posting as soon as i get to work in the morning. i misread your post somehow.

13. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1237; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)

Really? You really think sales are going to be hurt because it may not be gorilla glass? Whoever would pass up on this phone simply because it doesn't have gorilla glass is a (insert derogatory name here). Plus I've cracked the glass of both my phones that have gorilla glass. Gorilla glass isn't THAT great.

27. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

What phones? I have stomped on my dead Droid x multiple times and even took a hammer to it. Not even a scratch.

31. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)

Not only is that good to know about Gorilla Glass, it sounds like a really, really good time. Wonder if I know anyone with an old "X" laying around.....

39. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)

my X is still in use and does have a tiny scratch on the screen. im not sure how it got there, its about 1/2 cm in length, but its there (and ive done nothing like stomping or hammering my phone)

40. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

Its not scratch proof but it will help a lot to prevent it from cracking.

43. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)

In the time that I worked for Verizon Wireless, I had a D1. Whenever someone asked me how durable it was I would walk them outside and literally throw the phone on the pavement.

Maybe it was a dumb idea, maybe not. All I know is I probably did that over fifty times and while the body was scratched to hell the phone continued to function properly and I never broke the screen.

I also sold a shit ton of Droids.

47. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1237; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)

I've cracked the screens of my Samsung Fascinate and Motorola Droid.

49. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

OG Droid and Fascinate don't have GGlass or at least the updated more durable versions found on the Droid X and SGS2. I bought a broken Droid X off of Ebay, the screen was in perfect condition. Just had a bad ESD and was basically sold cheap for parts.

I put it through a lot of tests. Stomped on the screen as hard as I could multiple times with my steel toe boots on. Not a scratch, I took a hammer to the screen multiple times. Again, not a scratch nor was it cracked.

I picked it up and threw it as hard as I could on cement floor multiple times, not a scratch on it. The back and sides of the metal were chipped of course but the screen was undamaged.

53. XiphiasGladius (Posts: 813; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)

Those so called fortified glasses. . .