Apparently some of these commenters think if you critique the design you are automatically an apple fanboy I think the edge design is seriously ugly, however it is a neat piece of tech ( I am an owner of a Note 4 so back off). I really just want Samsung to stop all these variants and just stick to a single S model and a single Note Model. Also most people case up their phones so I think we are putting too much stock into this whole metal design thing.
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Corning Unveils 'Project Phire' Super Scratch-Resistant Glass
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Corning should hire a new ad agency. A meek gorilla shriveled on a street crossing - what is that supposed to mean?? How does that inspire confidence in the product?
I would have had a picture like King Kong, an angry 800lb silverback with a severed piece of Saguaro cactus in its mouth as it rampages through a desert southwest city backdrop. Gorilla glass, stamps its presence.
I would have had a picture like King Kong, an angry 800lb silverback with a severed piece of Saguaro cactus in its mouth as it rampages through a desert southwest city backdrop. Gorilla glass, stamps its presence.
Gorillas are dangerous wild animals.
Having seen "King Kong", and played "Rampage", I have seen the sort of chaos and damage that they can cause once enraged and unleashed.
There is no way that any city is going to allow a full-size Gorilla to be used in a promotional photo shoot! The insurance costs would be astronomical.
this ^^^^. It's like Corning's new motto should be "Your device's display will be as protected as this gorilla is in an urban jungle thousands of miles from its natural habitat." I'm being facetious of course, but seriously I feel like Gorilla Glass is all talk. If it was really that miraculous of a material, why isn't it one of the top selling points for the products that feature it? And is it just me or does it seem like it takes quite a long time for it to make an appearance on newer generation tech?
Haha true, but I bet that cute cuddly gorilla is still strong enough to rip your face and arms off!
Will Gorilla Glass 4 allow our emoji library to be displayed with greater clarity and definition?
The meek gorilla represent the clumsy you, feeling guilty and worried to have dropped the precious and fragile new toy and fearing to have broken it. But fear not! Corning knows you are a clumsy user with questionable thumbs opponability and is committed to provide you with toys able to withstand your own ineptitude. Long live Corning!
It's marketing narrative at its finest!
The sooner the better.
My iPhone 6 has only ever been used in my jean pocket. I don't put it in a bag, I don't share the pocket with any other item. And yet it scratches.
All those videos of YouTube tech channels taking knives, screwdrivers and hammers to an iPhone screen are utter bollocks.
My iPhone 6 has only ever been used in my jean pocket. I don't put it in a bag, I don't share the pocket with any other item. And yet it scratches.
All those videos of YouTube tech channels taking knives, screwdrivers and hammers to an iPhone screen are utter bollocks.
He's right though, Apple's quality when it comes to software has become disastrous in the last few years. I'd say it began with Lion, when the software was just pushed out faster, with even more features to be announced. I get the feeling that the software Apple releases becomes first usable when the next major update is released. It's a shame really. I wish the next update of OS X would include no new features at all, just under-the-hood improvements and stream-lining, so that all the stuff they implemented years ago is actually working. Imagine they would do that every second year, kind of like the "S"-releases of the iPhones. That would be great, as the 1/yr upgrade frequency is quite obviously too high for Apple's software department.
I would not be surprised that samples of this new glass are already in Apple's hands to evaluate for the upcoming "6S" versions of the iPhone 6 and 6+.
Can anyone explain to me please why these glass screens are not mounted in a rubber gasket/surround?
I am sure I have seen such things in the past.
You can hardly see it, you have the edge of the glass, then it looks like a flush area of black rubber, perhaps 1.0mm - 1.5mm wide, and then the metal, all flush.
Just to give some shock absorption to the glass to metal connection so the hard force of a drop is not directly transferred onto a single spot on the edge of the glass.
As I say, I'm sure I have seen this done on other products, though I can't recall right now where I've seen it, but they never seen to use this on phones, when it would seem a pretty obvious thing to do.
Glass - Rubber - Metal.
I am sure I have seen such things in the past.
You can hardly see it, you have the edge of the glass, then it looks like a flush area of black rubber, perhaps 1.0mm - 1.5mm wide, and then the metal, all flush.
Just to give some shock absorption to the glass to metal connection so the hard force of a drop is not directly transferred onto a single spot on the edge of the glass.
As I say, I'm sure I have seen this done on other products, though I can't recall right now where I've seen it, but they never seen to use this on phones, when it would seem a pretty obvious thing to do.
Glass - Rubber - Metal.
Not sure if being serious, but this was not shot on location, have you not heard of Photoshop, I should imagine its also a CG gorilla
I still have my original iPhone 5 without a single scratch and it does not have any cover, just on thing plastic film on top of the glass. And I have see people with their phones totally destroyed.
I mean... it would be interesting to see what mental issues those people have to have their phones in such bad shape.
I mean... it would be interesting to see what mental issues those people have to have their phones in such bad shape.
Sapphire glass is also a type of "glass".
The difference is that the primary ingredient in traditional glass is an oxide of Silicon (silica), where as the primary ingredient in sapphire glass is an Oxide of Aluminium.
The company is Asahi. Their product is called Dragontail. Sony uses it for their phones. It's also used by a lot of the lesser known Asian phone manufacturers. There's also Schott AG. Their product is called Xensation.
I was unaware of Corning losing Apple's business. When did that happen?
Or, as most people would believe, a company such as Corning is always looking for ways to improve its products.
Does that phone look slightly bent after it's tumble?
Or maybe a protruding lens in one corner is creating an illusion of bent?
But the biggest problem by far is how THICK that phone looks. Must get thinner!!! Everyone I know is always griping about how all smart phones are just too thick. Maybe Apple could leave out the battery, guts and screen, so the next one can really be thinned out?
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It doesn't look BENT, but it does look as though it has been twisted.