#smartphone glass

Corning, the company that made the glass for the Edison bulb back in 1879, is now widely known for making glass for smartphones. Their premier product, Gorilla Glass, is a chemically strengthened glass mostly used in cars, houses, buildings, and is dominating the smartphone market as the 'standard' of screen glass.   Back in 2008, Corning presented its first version of Gorilla Glass in New York at its annual investor's meeting. It was a thin sheet of glass that could handle everyday use and abuse hence not scratching the glass surface. By the year 2010, there were approximately 200 million devices that used Gorilla Glass 1. Steve Jobs himself called up Corning back in 2007 to ask if they could create tough glass for a new Apple product. Fast forward to 2012, Corning announced its 2nd generation of Gorilla Glass; 20% thinner than the original. Then the year after Gorilla Glass 3 came out, which is 40% more scratch-resistant than Gorilla Glass 2. Read more in our articles including "Here's why Corning Gorilla Glass is so tough" and "OPPO Reno15 Series 5G: Delivering the Complete Mobile Creator Experience".