Corning recently announced that the company will be introducing the Gorilla Glass 4, the newest version of the cover glass being used for both smartphones and tablets.
The company has stated that the users can expect the new material to be significantly stronger than the Gorilla Glass 3. Consequently, more devices can be saved from unwanted cracks and damages.
"We already have the best glass out there -- I'm very confident about that -- but it's not good enough, so we've made it better," Gorilla Glass marketing Dave Velasquez stated.
This new glass version is expected to aid Corning in expanding its display glass business. In 2013, the company was able to control more than half of the market, as pointed out by Bernstein Research.
New devices that have been incorporated with Gorilla Glass include the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus as well as the Galaxy Note Edge, among many others.
However, tech critics pointed out that Corning should be capable of addressing increasingly popular competition, particularly the use of scratch-resistant synthetic sapphire as display cover in a wide range of mobile devices.
Corning's new version of Gorilla Glass has reportedly been in production and is expected to be incorporated into devices that will be distributed before the year ends. No details have been announced as to which manufacturers have made use of the new glass version.
A study conducted by Corning related to the cause of cracks and other damages in various devices revealed that 70 percent of these devices were broken due to "sharp contact."
Such damaging contact occurs when the user drops his or her phone on concrete or any other rough surface.
Based on the drop tests that made use of Gorilla Glass 4, letting this new cover glass version fall onto 180-grit sandpaper as a rough surface only brought about 20 percent damage. Compared with its predecessor, the Gorilla Glass 4 was able to survive the drop approximately 80 percent during the test.
Although Velasquez did not offer any more details on the material's composition and other elements that make it more special, he promised that users will enjoy its extra toughness.
"The cover glass is going to break less often, particularly on a rough surface," Velasquez stated.
