According to Corning in-house analysis, “84% of consumers across three of the largest smartphone markets – China, India, and the United States — cite durability as the number one purchasing consideration behind brand itself.”

I believe that issues like battery life and digital camera rank fairly extremely, as properly, however on the very least, it’s protected to say that sturdiness needs to be — and doubtless is — excessive on the record as properly. It’s one thing that was ignored for too lengthy on costly flagships, although producers have since come round. The practically ubiquitious Gorilla Glass has actually been a giant piece of that puzzle.

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Today Corning introduced the newest providing — a follow-up to 2020’s Gorilla Glass Victus. The fittingly named Victus 2 has been put by way of the paces within the Corning labs. The firm says it’s capable of survive a one meter drop onto concrete and two meters onto asphalt (been there).

“Smartphones are the center of our digital lives, and the requirement for exceptional scratch and drop resistance has only increased with our growing reliance on clear, damage-free displays,” says Gorilla Glass GM Dave Velasquez. “Surfaces matter, and rough surfaces like concrete are everywhere.”

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The firm says the fabric is “being evaluated” by some main manufacturers and is about to hit the market “within the next few months” — in time, one supposes, for the merchandise introduced at and round Mobile World Congress in late-February/early-March.