Godzilla glass= A better tomorrow.

[orfeas0]

Thanks. I emailed Simon & Schuster to see what they have to say about it.

I emailed Ψυχογιός too. I really wonder what's that about...
I can't find anything accurate by googling about gozilla glass.

 

[orfeas0]

The publishers answered me, saying the paragraph does exist in the American version.

“The company that year was working on a tremendously stronger glass, codenamed Godzilla Glass, and it hoped someday to be able to make glass and ceramic tough enough to be used for an iPhone that would not need to have a metal rim. ‘Jobs and Apple made us better,’ Weeks said. ‘Each of us are fanatical about the products we make. ”

Maybe the kindle version isn't complete?

 

[b24pgg]

There is no evidence that the iPhone 4s does or does not use Corning Gorilla Glass.

...except for the paragraph in the Engadget article I cited stating that it's not Gorilla Glass.

Lens Technology, Inc. is a finishing company. They do not produce any glass, at all, on their own.

100% false. I explicitly quoted a paragraph from the article that discusses a 2006 memo from Lens Tech regarding their glass manufacturing process. See my other post again.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

The publishers answered me, saying the paragraph does exist in the American version.


Maybe the kindle version isn't complete?

No response from S&S yet.

Can anyone with a paper version of the English book confirm whether or not that paragraph exists? Chapter 36 at the end of the "Gorilla Glass" section.

 

[cyks]

The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S do not use Corning Gorilla Glass.

This is a common misconception apparently.

iPhone iterations prior to the iPhone 4 used Corning Gorilla Glass, as evidenced on page 471 of the Steve Jobs biography.

With the iPhone 4, Apple began using Lens Technology International to manufacture their aluminosilicate glass. This was the supplier responsible for the white iPhone 4 delay according to Engadget.

Furthermore, Corning's Gorilla Glass website does not list the iPhone as a product.

From the Engadget article:

and:


See this thread for more info.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/21/tech/innovation/apple-three-patents/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6

FTA: The patent also describes using alumino silicate glass, better known as Gorilla Glass, instead of normal glass. Gorilla Glass is already used in the iPhone 4 and 4S. Future cover glass could be chemically treated in a solution including potassium to help strengthen it further. As K+ ions replace Na+ ions on the surface and edges of the glass, the glass would have higher compression thresholds in those areas, making it less susceptible to cracking.

 

[CrAkD]

i definitely believe they no longer use gorilla glass. the original iPhone and the 3GS were almost impossible to scratch. the 4 and 4S are much easier to scratch.....im hoping the new glass apple started using has some other benefit and they didnt just switch just to pad their margins more.

 

[orfeas0]

No response from S&S yet.

Can anyone with a paper version of the English book confirm whether or not that paragraph exists? Chapter 36 at the end of the "Gorilla Glass" section.

I checked the english paper version in a store and there was no mention of the godzilla glass (or the paragraph I wrote earlier).
That's really weird, is it something that the translators added without any apparent reason?

Does anyone here have another edition of the book (meaning NOT english and NOT greek) ?

 

[Drunken Master]

Corning has a lot of interesting ideas in mind for their glass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38

Very interesting.

Granted, a lot of these ideas have been out there for a while, but it seems like this stuff is becoming more feasible. Will still be quite expensive for a little though.

 

[Mackbook702]

Corning has a lot of interesting ideas in mind for their glass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38

Thats amazing, but i hope it never happens. What a fragile world we'd live in.

 

[Stealthipad]

It will be a long time, with today's economy, to see near what Corning is seeing as our future.

 

[Drunken Master]

Thats amazing, but i hope it never happens. What a fragile world we'd live in.

Nah, it will all be Godzilla Glass.

Japan will invent King Ghidorah Glass to go to war but true Godzilla Glass has no allegiances to anyone but himself.

 

[OddesE]

Ok, so I got the Dutch version of the book here and it does have that same paragraph:

In 2010 nam Ive zijn team mee naar Corning om met de glasblazers daar glas te maken. Het bedrijf was bezig met de ontwikkeling van een nog veel sterker glas, codenaam Godzilla Glass, en hoopt ooit in staat te zijn om glas en keramiek, een ander product van het bedrijf, zo sterk te maken dat het voor de iPhone kan worden gebruikt zonder dat een metalen rand voor de bescherming nodig is. 'Jobs en Apple hebben ons beter gemaakt,' aldus Weeks. 'Ieder van ons dweept met het product dat we maken.'

(page 566, ch. 35, De iPhone, Drie revolutionaire producten in één, subch. Gorilla Glass. Translated by Rob de Ridder, ISBN 978 90 00 30272 7, NUR 320)

Seems you are missing out in the e-book on the Kindle...

 

[dccorona]

Gorilla glass is used in a lot of products

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/#products-with-gorilla

he's taking about godzilla glass, not gorilla glass

 

[orfeas0]

Maybe that's what the book was talking about: http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/news/press-releases/corning-unveils-new-gorilla®-glass-2

Although they call it Gorilla glass 2, not godzilla glass, but it seems he knew something.
It's still a wonder what the hell happened there, it's 100% sure the paragraph isn't in the English version but only in the Greek one.

 

[helioha]

The Brazilian version of the book also mentions about Godzilla Glass in the same chapter as the Greek. I am shocked to discover that the American version doesn't mention it, or mention with another name.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I don't want a phone that uses a plastic instead of glass over the display panel, its cheap feeling, and scratches easily

Agreed. It reminds me of my Palm Pilot days.

 

[iBreatheApple]

What's sad is that we can't even afford gas; how could we ever afford incorporate things in that video into our cities? :/