Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic Launches: Improved Drop Protection for Mobile Devices
Corning introduces Gorilla Glass Ceramic, offering superior drop protection for phones. Motorola leads with the first device, launching soon. Discover more about its features.
Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic: New cover material with best drop protection launched for mobile
Corning has launched a new cover material for its phones and other mobile devices, called “Gorilla Glass Ceramic”. The New York-based company has said that this new glass offers better drop protection than other similar glass materials. The first Gorilla Glass Ceramic-based phones will hit the market in the coming months. Corning has already offered Ceramic Shield material to Apple, which is used to protect iPhone displays from damage.
Motorola was the first to use Gorilla Glass Ceramic
The company’s Gorilla Glass Ceramic offers better drop protection than other competitors’ aluminosilicate glass. Corning’s lab tests found that while other glass materials failed on the first drop, Gorilla Glass Ceramic “did not show any damage even when dropped 10 times from a one-meter wall on asphalt-like surfaces.”
It’s worth noting that these tests were conducted by the company itself and it’s unclear which products Gorilla Glass Ceramic was compared to. More details about this may come in the tab when it comes to mobile companies.
Motorola’s announcement
Corning says Motorola is the first to launch a phone with Gorilla Glass Ceramic protection. There’s no official word on whether this will be a tablet or not, but it’s expected to launch next month. In February, Motorola announced a partnership with Corning and said it would look to use Gorilla Glass across its entire portfolio.
Strong screen protection has remained a first for Apple
Although this new Gorilla Glass Ceramic from Corning is a better support panel for Android technology, the company has been making drop-resistant screen protection for Apple for the last five years.
In 2020, Apple introduced the “Ceramic Shield” with the iPhone 12, which was prepared by embedding ceramic nanocrystals in the glass through a high-temperature crystallization process. This mirror revolution was developed by Corning and is present in all subsequent models up to the iPhone 16.
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