Gorilla Glass in Ipad 3?

[ZipZap]

Did you somehow miss this on that page??

"Due to customer agreements, we cannot identify all devices that feature Gorilla Glass. Your favorite device may include Gorilla Glass, even if you don't see it listed. Ask your manufacturer or retailer to learn more. "

So what....did you call corning and they said "Yeah, we supply Apple"?

There is ZERO evidence that GG is being used. There is only ONE reference for GG and that was for the iPhone 1.

Otherwise....there has NEVER been any published or confirmed use of GG in iPhone/iPad.

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Read Steve Jobs bio. Steve Jobs himself was the first to go to Corning and asked them to develop glass for a phone before any Android devices even existed. He pioneered the use of gorilla glass in portable devices. Before that, virtually all phones used plastic screens. ALL iOS devices use gorilla glass.

FOR THE IPHONE 1....that's it. You're assuming that GG is still being used.

 

[eneisch]

Apple don't like to list any suppliers publically, it's only from evidence of examining chips or news of business deals that most of them are even known.

Acutally, Apple just started listing the majority of their suppliers for their products here:

http://images.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/pdf/Apple_Supplier_List_2011.pdf

As you can see Corning is not on the list, but that is not definitive proof that GG is or is not used.

Apples US employment report states "Corning employees in Kentucky and New York who create the majority of the glass for iPhone", but does not give addtional details or reference to iPads.

http://www.apple.com/about/job-creation/

Gorilla Glass is just a trademarked name for aluminosilicate glass. There are other manufacturers that make this kind of glass. An asian company, Asahi Glass Company, also makes aluminosilicate glass which they call "Dragontail" glass. It has been rumored that Apple has aquired aluminosilicate glass from them too.

 

[poloponies]

There is ZERO evidence that GG is being used. There is only ONE reference for GG and that was for the iPhone 1.

Otherwise....there has NEVER been any published or confirmed use of GG in iPhone/iPad.

Maybe, if you don'e consider Isaacson's book to be a published confirmation of its use in the iPad, but it's a detailed enough story that takes it out of the realm of speculation.

 

[Leonard1818]

Read Steve Jobs bio. Steve Jobs himself was the first to go to Corning and asked them to develop glass for a phone before any Android devices even existed. He pioneered the use of gorilla glass in portable devices. Before that, virtually all phones used plastic screens. ALL iOS devices use gorilla glass.

You should read MY bio. You thought Neil Armstrong was the first on the moon? HA! I bet you also think queen wrote bohemian rhapsody too.... Well, I approached freddie mercury with the original melody and 1/2 of the lyrics:

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Will you do the
Fandango?!

ALL ME.

 

[poloponies]

You should read MY bio. You thought Neil Armstrong was the first on the moon? HA! I bet you also think queen wrote bohemian rhapsody too.... Well, I approached freddie mercury with the original melody and 1/2 of the lyrics:

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Will you do the
Fandango?!

ALL ME.

Funny boy, Isaacson had written some fairly substantial biographies (Ben Franklin, Einstein, Kissinger) before he got Jobs to agree to let him write his. That alone doesn't guarantee that he never fudged a fact, but the Gorilla Glass anecdote is just a bit too detailed - and too trivial - for Isaacson to have whipped up for the sake of a good read.

In his notes for Chapter 36 in the book, Isaacson cites interviews with Jobs, John Seeley Brown (Corning's Board of Directors) and Wendell Weeks (Corning CEO) as the sources for the chapter.

 

[Leonard1818]

Funny boy, Isaacson had written some fairly substantial biographies (Ben Franklin, Einstein, Kissinger) before he got Jobs to agree to let him write his. That alone doesn't guarantee that he never fudged a fact, but the Gorilla Glass anecdote is just a bit too detailed - and too trivial - for Isaacson to have whipped up for the sake of a good read.

In his notes for Chapter 36 in the book, Isaacson cites interviews with Jobs, John Seeley Brown (Corning's Board of Directors) and Wendell Weeks (Corning CEO) as the sources for the chapter.

Oh I'm not doubting the fact presented. The bio was tl;dr;dc for me... I just found the quote and source cited funny

 

[scaredpoet]

Here's a list from the official website of products that have gorilla glass. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't see any apple products listed.

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

That URL also says this:

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There is ZERO evidence that GG is being used. There is only ONE reference for GG and that was for the iPhone 1.

Otherwise....there has NEVER been any published or confirmed use of GG in iPhone/iPad.

Okay, feel smug in the belief that iOS products don't currently use gorilla glass. Feel better?

Ultimately, the iPhone and iPad can use Gorilla Glass, or Zebra Glass. It still is what it is, and I have my doubts that who manufactures the glass really affects the purchasing decisions of iPad/iPhone buyers, where there are many other data points to consider.

(Which I suspect is why Apple doesn't bother listing their glass supplier in the first place. They've demonstrated what it can do. Who makes it or what brand it's called by is unimportant.)

 

[scaredpoet]

There is ZERO evidence that GG is being used. There is only ONE reference for GG and that was for the iPhone 1.

By the way:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120415/NEWS01/204150360/Corning-glass-made-iPhone-possible

"Joe Dunning, a spokesman at Corning's headquarters in Corning, declined to verify the details of Isaacson's account.

But after the book's publication, Corning is publicly acknowledging its relationship with Apple. It previously had been bound by a nondisclosure agreement that designers like Apple use to keep their competitors from learning too much about their operations, Dunning said.

"What we can now say is that we have supplied the glass for iPhones since 2007," he said."


Not in 2007. But since 2007.

 

[mobi]

Simplicity....could you imagine if Apple advertised all of the 3rd party technology packed into their devices Eeeeek.

 

[TC25]

It does not prove it is being used.

Remarkable example of deductive reasoning.

The person I replied to seemed to think because Apple was not listed as a Gorilla Glass customer that proved something. It doesn't.

I never stated nor implied not being on the list proved anything.

 

[DeathChill]

By the way:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120415/NEWS01/204150360/Corning-glass-made-iPhone-possible

"Joe Dunning, a spokesman at Corning's headquarters in Corning, declined to verify the details of Isaacson's account.

But after the book's publication, Corning is publicly acknowledging its relationship with Apple. It previously had been bound by a nondisclosure agreement that designers like Apple use to keep their competitors from learning too much about their operations, Dunning said.

"What we can now say is that we have supplied the glass for iPhones since 2007," he said."


Not in 2007. But since 2007.

THANK YOU FOR THIS. Sweet God, it'll be great that we never have to hear this bullcrap argument again.

 

[RetiredInFl]

THANK YOU FOR THIS. Sweet God, it'll be great that we never have to hear this bullcrap argument again.

But it could have been Marmoset Monkey glass and not Gorilla Glass so the argument can continue.

 

[ZipZap]

By the way:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120415/NEWS01/204150360/Corning-glass-made-iPhone-possible

"Joe Dunning, a spokesman at Corning's headquarters in Corning, declined to verify the details of Isaacson's account.

But after the book's publication, Corning is publicly acknowledging its relationship with Apple. It previously had been bound by a nondisclosure agreement that designers like Apple use to keep their competitors from learning too much about their operations, Dunning said.

"What we can now say is that we have supplied the glass for iPhones since 2007," he said."


Not in 2007. But since 2007.

I stand corrected....thank you.