Corning Unveils New Gorilla Glass 2, Great for Mobile Devices
During an Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in 2010, Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone 4, being just 9.3mm thick, would be 24 percent thinner than its predecessor. Slim and sleek devices are an almost contemporary obsession amongst modern technology consumers, with manufacturers competing wildly to create devices that surpass rivals in the thinness stakes.
Given our present-day desire to own mobiles so slim that they seem to effortlessly glide into our pockets, it stands to reason that electronic companies sought slender components, as the slimmer the constituents, the sleeker the device will be.
This is the essence behind Corning Gorilla Glass 2, which, according to a Corning press release, “enables a 20 percent reduction in glass thickness, while maintaining the industry-leading damage resistance, toughness, and scratch resistance customers have come to expect from the world’s most widely deployed cover glass.”
Corning is showcasing the ‘outstanding performance benefits’ of its new glass in a series of live demonstrations at this week’s CES held in Las Vegas. Although with more than 30 global brands already using Gorilla Glass on their devices, including Apple, which currently uses Gorilla Glass on all of its products, we can safely assume that there will be nothing less than a high demand for the 20 percent thinner Gorilla Glass 2.
MacTrast insist that, because of the relationship between Apple and Corning, stemmed, one can only presume, from, as MacTrast put it, Apple buying ‘as much Gorilla Glass as Corning can produce’, Apple will be given priority in the high-demand for Gorilla Glass 2 that there is predicted to be.
Rumors about the design and capabilities of the highly-anticipated iPhone 5 have been in circulation for quite some time now, with MacRumors being at the forefront of such ‘rumors’. Admitting that, “Unfortunately, we don’t have any definite answers,” MacRumors asserted that, compared to the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 has a much thinner profile.
In having used Gorilla Glass in all of its previous products, including iPhones and iMacs, I think we can safely assume that Apple, in creating an even slimmer iPhone than its predecessor, will have called upon Corning and its 20 percent slimmer glass, in achieving what promises to be the slimmest iPhone yet.