Today Corning unveiled its latest breakthrough innovation – Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Responding to consumers' No. 1 issue with mobile devices, the new cover glass is designed to provide further protection against breakage from everyday drops. Rigorous lab tests show that Gorilla Glass 5 survives drops onto rough, unforgiving surfaces up to four times better than competitive glass designs.

Gorilla Glass 5 Delivers

According to a recent global study*, over 85% of smartphone owners have dropped their phones at least once per year and 55% have dropped their phones three times or more. Additionally, more than 60% of smartphone owners reported dropping their devices between shoulder and waist height.

In lab tests, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 survives up to 80 percent of the time when dropped face-down from 1.6 meters onto rough surfaces, far outperforming competitive glass designs. Gorilla Glass 4 was tested for 1.0 meter back in 2014.

According to Corning, Gorilla Glass 5 is commercially available now and is expected to be on product models from leading global brands later this year. Unless Apple has some breakthrough alternative, Apple's iPhone 7 is likely to sport the new glass in September as will other smartphones from Samsung and others.

For more information on Gorilla Glass 5, click here.

About Making Comments on our Site: Patently Apple reserves the right to post, dismiss or edit any comments.