By and large, our smartphones – it displays a battery. Screen certainly cannot be called a model of strength, because the slightest drop device facing a “web of glass.” To deliver us from this kind of trouble, there is a company Corning, who presented on the eve of the fourth generation of its tempered glass Gorilla Glass.

According to the company, Gorilla Glass 4 will provide improved by half, compared with the previous generation, protection from broken screens.

Corning began shipping partners Gorilla Glass 4

Using to simulate rough surfaces, this accounts for our land devices sandpaper grit with an index of 180, Corning experts throwing smartphones from a height of about 1 meter. Some of them are protected Gorilla Glass 4 others – competing coatings. As a result, smart phones, secure new glass company, remained intact in 80% of cases.

One of the possible competitors Corning, obviously a sapphire crystal, is the second strength of the material in the world, second only to diamonds. It is expected that the sapphire is used in the iPhone 6, but Apple led the manufacturer.

Meanwhile, Cliff Hund, president of Corning East Asia, said that the sapphire is the best offer when it comes to scratch resistance screen, but when it comes to exposure to stress, sapphire Gorilla Glass inferior in strength.

Great news for those who’ve breathlessly lifted asphalt favorite gadget that had fallen down screen: Corning has already begun to supply Gorilla Glass 4 to its partners. So probably we will be able to test the new glass for strength in the coming updates smartphones.

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The company Corning, which is known to most as a manufacturer of protective glass Gorilla Glass for tablets and smartphones, has decided to enter a new market and officially unveiled the glass for laptops with touch screen Gorilla Glass NBT. Senior vice president of Corning James Steiner (James Steiner) reported that the glass Gorilla Glass NBT is 8-10 times more resistant to scratches than those used in most laptops soda-lime glass. He also said that the cost of Gorilla Glass NBT is only 1-2 per cent of the retail price of a laptop.

A pioneer in the emerging market of laptops that are protected by glass Gorilla Glass NBT, will be the American company Dell. She first showed a desire to use Gorilla Glass NBT in new models of laptops, which will be available this autumn.

Recall that not long ago introduced the Corning glass for cars and for the foreseeable future is going to release the glass with anti-bacterial coating.

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Corning company is known for its excellent protective glass Gorilla Glass, which is three times stronger than chemically-treated soda-lime glass. It is used in many smartphones and tablets. At the moment, released the third generation. In contrast to the above mentioned devices, laptops, used to protect the display tempered glass, can be counted on one hand.

Corning has decided to correct the situation, but at the same time to open a new market. To this end, the company introduced a new product – glass for touchscreen laptops Gorilla Glass NBT. The company claims that its products are 8-10 times more resistant to scratching than ordinary glass.

If you believe the research of the manufacturer, laptop users complain of scratching the screen are four times more often than is the case with other mobile devices. Sufficiently controversial statement. Most likely this is just marketing.

Gorilla Glass NBT technology is not much different from the type of glass, which the company offers for smartphones and tablets. The first notebook to use the new glass Corning, will be a device from an American from Dell.

Vice president, Dell Personal Computer Bard Sam (Sam Burd) said:

“We are integrating Corning Gorilla Glass NBT in our devices, the issue of which will begin this fall.
Thus, we increase their reliability and durability.”

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