Corning has just unveiled their latest glass innovation, the Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2. The company claims that With the new glass composition, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 delivers improved drop performance on rough surfaces like concrete, the world’s most abundantly engineered material, while preserving the scratch resistance of Gorilla Glass Victus.
In lab tests, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 survived drops of up to one meter on a surface replicating concrete. 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.
Expect Gorilla Glass Victus 2 to be used by smartphone manufacturers by next year or as early as Q1 2023.
