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iPhone screen glass
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If it's premium glass Apple loves to brag.
If not, they remain eerily silent.
A bit of a double standard.
If not, they remain eerily silent.
A bit of a double standard.
It's an aluminosilicate glass, whether the same as the 3GS, I have no idea. (Corning's Gorilla Glass is an aluminosilicate glass, and perhaps the best known. Whether Apple silently uses Corning's product or some other vendors's variation (i.e. Dragontrail) I don't think is known publicly.
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All I know is it scratches one hell of alot easier to scratch than an iPhone 4
All I know is it scratches one hell of alot easier to scratch than an iPhone 4
thanks for the responses everyone.
I had read that it was an aluminosilicate glass. I was mainly wondering how impact resistant it was, after I accidentally bumped the glass on my new 4S.
I took my old 3GS and starting rapping the screen really hard a lot of times with my knuckles. It hasn't broken at all, even after having plenty of other real knocks and falls when my 3GS was my main phone. I guess it was just sort of a impromptu torture rest of the glass used on iPhones.
I had read that it was an aluminosilicate glass. I was mainly wondering how impact resistant it was, after I accidentally bumped the glass on my new 4S.
I took my old 3GS and starting rapping the screen really hard a lot of times with my knuckles. It hasn't broken at all, even after having plenty of other real knocks and falls when my 3GS was my main phone. I guess it was just sort of a impromptu torture rest of the glass used on iPhones.
Same design, not the same phone. If they can get another glass that is cheaper that helps keep cost down. This helps justify the little extra cost of the internals.
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Here is all the products that have Gorilla Glass. To answer your question.
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/#products-with-gorilla
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So you beat up on your 3GS to see if your 4S is sturdy? ummm ok lol
If they share the same sized screen made of the same glass, then it would provide a good representation of how the front glass on the 4S fares when receiving frontal impacts.
Strictly speaking, the list is many/most of the products, but definitely not all since at the link above Corning says:
I'm sorry. Did you really just say you wanted to hear bragging about something non-braggworthy?
Did you even re-read that after you typed it?
They definitely used Corning's Gorilla Glass.
I was actually at the Corning plant for a tour and the guide was explaining how they make it for Apple. So at least some of the glass is corning.
I was actually at the Corning plant for a tour and the guide was explaining how they make it for Apple. So at least some of the glass is corning.
Did you just really say that?
That has to be one of the dumbest things I have heard in a long time.
How are you expecting people to explain how impact resistant the glass is to you in a meaningful way? No 2 drops are really the same. You can certainly break it even if it is impact resistant.
The parts supplied by the venders are to Apples exact specifications. Apple is known for being very knit picky about the parts that go into their devices. If Apple ordered a certain type of glass then it would be the same from all of the venders.