Now,is rolling out its newest iteration of Gorilla Glass — Gorilla Glass Victus, named after the Latin word for "living" — which it says will make phone screens dramatically more resistant to scratches and breakage. The company says phone screens made with the glass should be able to withstand drops from as high as six feet without cracking. But those designs "expose the phones to more damage, so we have to make better glass." Typically, new iterations of phone screen glass focus on just one piece of the puzzle: making phone screens either more likely to survive drops or more scratch resistant. What it takes to make stronger glassWith this latest edition of new glass, Corning decided to tackle both issues at once.

Source: CNN July 23, 2020 13:30 UTC