Counterclockwise: the rise of Gorilla Glass and how it changed the phone industry
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jun 2019
Gorilla Glass good only for flat screen phones. Samsung Galaxy/note line comes with excellent build quality if it’s not the best of all android phones around, but still gorilla glass scratch easily in your pocket and I think this one of mean reason why Samsung went with more flatter wider screen with S10 line.
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Samath N8 808 owner, 16 Jun 2019Agreed. A logical review can be done by GSMArena if they w... moreBut I'm not here to discredit you. Actually it would be great if GSMArena did such comparison... We'd get a clear and definitive answer supported with trustworthy data.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jun 2019
ashyjay92, 16 Jun 2019Sony used FRP on the XZ1 compact and it got slated for "bei... moreMix of plastic and glass fiber
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Kingslayer, 16 Jun 2019Glass is still glass. Why have it at the back too? I mis... moreSony used FRP on the XZ1 compact and it got slated for "being plastic" despite the same plastics being used on power tools which hold up with years of abuse, more often than not, people care about the look not the durability, as they are just going to wrap in a case anyway
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- 16 Jun 2019
Shadocx, 16 Jun 2019JerryRigEverything test proved that GG3-4-5-6 are all scrat... moreand deeper groove at level 7
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- Dometalican
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- 16 Jun 2019
Samath N8 808 owner, 16 Jun 2019I think its nothing special. My Redmi 2 Prime came with ... moreWhile I don't doubt you, the problem with DragonTail is that it's yet to ease the minds of people comparing them to GG by doing drop tests. They do well with scratch-resistance but they seem to not want to test dropping phomes with the glass; almost as if no phone can have an MIL-STD-G rating with that glass material.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jun 2019
These types of glasses have been around for decades. Gorilla Glass isn't new, unique, or better than other tempered glasses, but like many other American products it has 1. higher price and 2. more extensive marketing.
Asahi Dragontrail glass and other brands are equally good.
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- Andra
- tTh
- 16 Jun 2019
Whatever glass, everything breaking easily, these glasses just to steal money from customers. These are simply breakable glasses. Open challenge.
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- AnonD-794217
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- 16 Jun 2019
I remember having Samsung Galaxy Ace as my first Android phone. Such a piece of hardware that survived my usage of custom ROMs. It has Gorilla Glass and removable battery, what could I ask more?
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jun 2019
travis999, 16 Jun 2019And it's all hype and bs, mostly from corning and other lie... moreJust like every other us company
- Kingslayer
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- 16 Jun 2019
Glass is still glass. Why have it at the back too?
I miss the Nokia plastic that was used. The legendary 3310 was really plastic. If some of those Nokias broke, the body was swappable to get a new one.
If my Essential Phone was built like that, I would be able to revive it. Now it's a shattered piece of glass at the front inside its original box I'm ready to recycle.
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- 16 Jun 2019
Looking forward to Godzilla Glass or Ghidorah Glass, must be epic ;-)
Anyway, we have good old tempered glass to the rescue.
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- Almand
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- 16 Jun 2019
Shadocx, 16 Jun 2019Sand has a higher hardness level than you think.Sand IS one of the basic raw-materials of Glass...
Actually, it is the main component..
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- 16 Jun 2019
Thomas Edison ask Corning to make glass for his light bulb. 140 years later....we ask Corning for selfie height drop resistance glass. Lol. Anyway, kudos for Corning keep surviving in the glass making industry for 3 different centuries.
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- 16 Jun 2019
Shadocx, 16 Jun 2019Sand has a higher hardness level than you think.this. while gorilla glass only have 5-6 hardness in mohs scale, chances are the sand particle in your pocket are quartz sand that sits in 7-8 mohs scale.
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- Shadocx
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Zendroid, 16 Jun 2019Actually it became more scratch able after gg3. Now a simpl... moreSand has a higher hardness level than you think.
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- Shadocx
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- 16 Jun 2019
JerryRigEverything test proved that GG3-4-5-6 are all scratching at a level 6 on Mohs scale.
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- Samath N8 808 owner
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- 16 Jun 2019
AnonD-558092, 16 Jun 2019That's anecdotal evidence and is in no way a factual and sc... moreAgreed.
A logical review can be done by GSMArena if they wish. And of course, Jerryrigeverything and those youtubers are there too.
Mine is just an non-concludeable comment on what I've observed over the years.
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- Anonymous
- LQu
- 16 Jun 2019
Still many chinese phones comes with versions 3 and 4.
Shame on them.