Because you always wanted your iPhone to be nigh-on-invincible.
Per Gizmodo, Corning unveiled its new Gorilla Glass 2 at CES this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. While the original Gorilla Glass was about 1 millimeter thick, the new material is 20 percent thinner at just 0.8mm.
Corning said Gorilla Glass 2 will enable device makers to build thinner and sleeker devices with brighter images and greater touch sensitivity. Gorilla Glass is widely believed to be used in Apple’s iPhone and iPad, though the company has not revealed its suppliers for recent products like the iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
Product qualification and design implementation for Corning Gorilla Glass 2 is said to be underway with Corning’s customers. Devices featuring Gorilla Glass 2 will reportedly be unveiled over the coming months. While the new glass is just 0.8mm, it can withstand 121 pounds of pressure without cracking.
Corning’s special glass is 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, thanks to a chemically strengthened alkali-aluminosilicate material. It is the most widely used cover glass, featured in more than 30 major brands and 575 different product models, with more than 500 million units sold worldwide.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.