Le verre Gorilla Glass 5 de Corning renforce les téléphones de 2016

Stop at this moment and take a look at your smartphone display. Chances are, you’re either looking at a liquid crystal diode (or LCD) display or an AMOLED display (acronymic for active-matrix-organic-light-emitting diode), but you’d be surprised that there’s another technology that strengthens and protects your display in the event of drops and tumble. The manufacturer responsible for the growing durability of smartphone displays is Corning, and the American company is back to announce its Gorilla Glass 5 display technology for upcoming 2016 handsets.

Gorilla Glass 5 is said to be drop-resistant from as high as 1.6 meters (or 5.2 feet), which is at about head height or chest height for many individuals. In Corning’s own tests at 5.2 feet above the floor, the display company discovered that 80% of all drops survived. The last tech release of Corning was en 2014, lorsque l'entreprise a annoncé le Galaxy Note 4. Gorilla Glass 5 will prove to be more drop-resistant than previous iterations of its glass panel technology, but it isn’t shatter-resistant or drop-proof.

The company made its announcement today at its facility headquarters in Palo Alto, California. “With each successive generation of Corning Gorilla Glass, we have taken cover glass technology to new levels. Gorilla Glass 5 is no exception, extending Corning’s advantage in drop performance over competitive glasses With many real-world drops occurring from between waist and shoulder height, we knew improving drop performance would be an important and necessary advancement,” said Corning VP and General Manager John Bayne.

Le verre Gorilla Glass 5 serait prévu pour la fin de l'année 2016, les équipementiers Android Motorola, Asus, LG et Samsung devant tous annoncer de nouveaux appareils au cours des prochaines semaines : Samsung annoncera le très populaire Galaxy Note 7, Motorola lancera ses Moto Z et Moto Z Force Droid mais a un Droid Turbo 3 en préparation, LG annoncera le Droid Turbo 2, le Droid Turbo 3 et le Droid Turbo 3. Le LG V20, successeur du LG V10, and other lesser-known OEMs will bring out their Fall releases, too. Corning has not said which handsets will feature its latest display tech, but we’ll be on the lookout when we find out.

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