Corning has unveiled Gorilla Glass Ceramic, a new, Apple-like (Ceramic Shield) material engineered for exceptional drop resistance, promising enhanced protection against shattering for smartphones.
Ryan Whitwam for Ars Technica:
As the name implies, Corning’s new glass incorporates ceramic components to improve strength compared to other types of hardened glass…
Chemically strengthened glass has been a key component in the proliferation of smartphones across the world. Since the company provided the glass for that first iPhone back in 2007, it has made glass for more than 7 billion devices. That makes Corning the largest glass supplier in the mobile industry…
This is not Corning’s first swing at adding ceramic to the mix — the company is also responsible for Apple’s Ceramic Shield glass, which has been used on the company’s high-end phones since 2021. Apple fans have been largely impressed with the strength of Ceramic Shield, too. With the debut of Gorilla Glass Ceramic, we’ll be seeing Android phones with ceramic protection. However, we expect this to be a material for more expensive devices.
MacDailyNews Take: Corning’s Ceramic Shield, a glass matrix infused with colorless ceramic nanocrystals, debuted on Apple’s iPhone 12 series in October 2020, offering a claimed fourfold improvement in drop performance at the time. The iPhone 16 series features a second-generation Ceramic Shield, advertised as 50% tougher.
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