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    Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    So far Gorilla Glass has been used on more than 4.5 billion devices worldwide.
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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    "“four times better than competitive glass designs,” - Which can mean anything. Either way the phone screen will still smash, they'll still make a load of money, all the while planning the new version, to make even more money.

    $$$$$

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    It survives a 1.6 meter fall 80 percent of the time? Is it me or does that percent seem fairly low? I guess that's alright for a device without a case on it, but it doesn't seem smart to go without 3rd party protection yet.

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    That's 80 percent of the time, it works every time.

    OK I'll get my coat...

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    hmmm so how much of improvement it is compared to thier previous product?
    Silence means below 5% ...

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    Quote Originally Posted by DevDrake View Post
    hmmm so how much of improvement it is compared to thier previous product?
    Silence means below 5% ...
    Google says:
    "Corning has unveiled the sequel to its popular Gorilla Glass. Version 4 is better at falling – it survives 80% of drops from 1m (3.3ft) on a rough surface meant to emulate the jaggedy surfaces encountered in daily use."

    So not a huge improvement. Haha

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    Surviving ~60% more impact energy is quite impressive, that's a big improvement. I wouldn't consider that good enough to trust a naked phone, but it's a lot more improvement than we're seeing in anything else in the phone

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    Despite the marketing, from practical use, I barely see a tangible difference between the various version.
    When it falls badly, most of the times it ends scratched or worse.

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    Sounds promising, but like the post above, will be keen to see if it makes a difference in the real world.

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    Quote Originally Posted by chinf View Post
    That's 80 percent of the time, it works every time.

    OK I'll get my coat...
    I was just about to comment this. Ahahahaha!

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    Re: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 offers further protection from drops

    If they could make it so they don't attract finger marks, in would be happy.

    And even if it so good. I will still put a screen protector on it.
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