It looks like displays on future Android phones
are about to get a whole lot more resistant to
scratches. Corning announced today that it is
working on a new type of glass for screens that
is almost as scratch-resistant as sapphire
displays (such as that on the Kyocera Brigadier,
pictured above), while retaining the durability of
its Gorilla Glass.
The announcement came during an investor
meeting today, and was reported originally by
CNET :
"We told you last year that sapphire was
great for scratch performance but didn't fare
well when dropped," Clappin, president of
Corning Glass Technologies, told the crowd
at the event. "So, we created a product that
offers the same superior damage resistance
and drop performance of Gorilla Glass 4 with
scratch resistance that approaches
sapphire."
Corning is currently using the term "Project
Phire" for the new glass, and plans to get it out
to phone manufacturers sometime later this year.
However, it may be quite the wait, as even
Corning's latest Gorilla Glass 4 is still relatively
hard to find outside of a few devices , such as
the Samsung Galaxy Alpha and Note 4.
Source: CNET
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