Sapphire PK Corning Gorilla Glass: In the end who is more durable?

Corning said that although Sapphire glass has strong resistance to scratches, it lacks the flexibility of the Gorilla Glass and is more brittle. Tencent Digital Message (compiled: Ben) Recently, the battle between Sapphire glass and Corning Gorilla Glass panels has reached a white-hot stage, claiming to have a better scratch-resistant, crack-proof performance and will become a new generation of smartphone screen panels, while the latter claim that the sapphire screen is not as powerful as it is advertised Gorilla Glass is still the mainstream choice. Clearly, the current smartphone is generally equipped with Corning Gorilla Glass, the latest panel for the third generation, but the phone drop caused the screen rupture is still very common, so people on the new panel technology is naturally very concerned about. As for sapphire glass, only a handful of luxury mobile phones have ever been used, but it is rumored that Apple has invested in the manufacturer's GT Advanced and signed multi-year supply agreements, meaning that the next generation of iphones will most likely carry the new screen panel. Therefore, the saliva war naturally inevitable. Tripeny, senior vice president of Corning, said in a recent public statement that sapphire glass has more flaws than Corning products, such as more expensive, thicker, poor support for the environment, bad display, and its performance is completely exaggerated. So who's better? Let's look at two companies first. Corning's company, which dates back to 1851, has a market capitalisation of more than $27 billion trillion. Since 1950, the company has begun to exert its force in tempered glass field and gradually become a market leader. For Corning, Apple actually played the role of Bole, as Jobs insisted that the first iphone would be fitted with Corning Gorilla Glass to replace the traditional plastic panels, the initial mass production of Gorilla Glass, and a new trend. Since then, the Gorilla Glass 2 reduced thickness, Gorilla Glass 3 has a better scratch resistance, greater tolerance and better display. For now, except for Apple and Sony refusing to disclose the panel brands they use, the other mainstream smartphones are almost all equipped with Gorilla Glass. Apple's new darling according to 9to5mac and other technology media reports, Apple is extremely optimistic about sapphire glass technology, and investment at least 500 million U.S. dollars for research and development, to support the GT Advanced Company to become its largest screen panel supplier. At present, only luxury phones like Vetru ti use sapphire screens, and Apple uses sapphire glass on the iphone 5s home button and camera, so it's relatively small compared to Corning Gorilla Glass. As for the GT Advanced Company, has been engaged in research of polysilicon, sapphire glass materials research and development, was founded in 2006, the current market value of 2.6 billion U.S. dollars, compared to Corning is clearly a novice. Actual test: Who is stronger? At last year's MWC communication show, GT advanced the sapphire glass panel and claimed it was about 3 times times as strong as Corning's Gorilla Glass, but the craftVery difficult, after the diamond material. A few months later, the company released a demonstration video of the Sapphire screen film, demonstrating its superior scratch-resistant performance. However, Corning immediately countered, claiming that although sapphire glass is resistant to scratches, it lacks the flexibility of the Gorilla Glass and confirms this by a stress test video. In other words, Corning insists that sapphire glass is not suitable for use on the phone screen because it is more brittle. Obviously, two companies diverging, also have their own different judgment and test standards, before the next generation of the iphone is not officially launched, we can not draw accurate conclusions. Screen panel material War officially launched Forbes noted that a large part of the company's crackdown on Sapphire was due to the latter's impact on its profit margins, and that if sapphire glass were widely available, the Gorilla Glass could not monopolize the market as it is now. It is reported that Apple has applied for a laminated patent, the glass panel can be fused with a thin layer of sapphire material, to reduce costs and improve ease of use, so that it can be used on smartphones, means that the screen panel material war officially started.