Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 unveiled with improved drop resistance - Check details

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2: Corning Incorporated Wednesday unveiled its newest glass innovation, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2. With a new glass composition, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 delivers improved drop performance on rough surfaces like concrete, the company said. 

"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," said David Velasquez, Vice President and General Manager, Gorilla Glass.
 
“We challenged our scientists not only to create a glass composition that was durable enough to better survive drops from waist height onto rougher surfaces than asphalt, but to improve cover-glass performance for larger and heavier devices,” Velasquez added.

 In lab tests, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 survived drops of up to one meter on a surface replicating concrete. Competitive aluminosilicate glasses from other manufacturers typically failed when dropped from half a meter or less. In addition, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 continued to survive drops up to two meters on a surface replicating asphalt and maintained scratch resistance up to four times better than competitive aluminosilicate.

Gorilla Glass Victus 2 is currently being evaluated by multiple customers and is expected to reach the market within the next few months.

Gorilla Glass has been designed into more than 8 billion devices by more than 45 major brands.

 Throughout the company’s Mobile Consumer Electronics (MCE) market access platform, Corning continues its legacy of innovation with its market-leading cover glasses as well as glass and optics for semiconductor products that enhance performance, deliver new connectivity features, enable new designs, and support immersive user experiences with augmented reality and 3D sensing.