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Gorilla glass my my
- Thread starter kyfa25
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Depends on your use and risk comfort level. I think it's worth it. I prefer my Steinheil Ultra Fine screen protector to a bare screen. No glare and fingerprint resistant. But to each his own.
LoneWolfArcher
Silver Member
I think I'll take a random $800 piece of technology today and drop it. Then complain on a forum for the item when it is no longer like brand new...............
Just sayin.
Just sayin.
Sweettooth
Member
What I think is funny is that before my Nexus, my gf and I were both rocking OG Droids. At one point in time I was walking out of my apartment with the phone on my shoulder talking, and it fell, and landed face-down on the concrete. I cringed picking it up. To my surprise, the screen was completely unscathed, but the metal around it had scruff marks. "Ha! Imagine that! The glass is fine and the metal got tore up!" I thought. Fast forward some months later, my gf is sitting out on the balcony with the phone in her lap; the phone slips off her leg, falling a few inches maybe? Big crack from top to bottom.
Gorilla glass isn't a gimmick - it's glass. Even bullet proof glass can be broken, which this certainly is not. It's meant to withstand scratches, not falls to the ground or being run over. If it does make it through situations like these, consider yourself lucky.
Gorilla glass isn't a gimmick - it's glass. Even bullet proof glass can be broken, which this certainly is not. It's meant to withstand scratches, not falls to the ground or being run over. If it does make it through situations like these, consider yourself lucky.
sure why not... have you seen the commercials? state of the art gorilla glass.. made to withstand a bullet... haha.. its all good dude.. im not really complainin.. I was ranting to fellow users.. I dont take it that seriously.. and besides.. im still not rocking any protective gear.. If I drop it and it breaks.. Il just call in an insurance claim and say it was lost or stolen and get another one.. I was just merely ranting.. I love my phone, and could care less if it had gorilla glass or not.. its glass at the end of the day..
some folks buy protective cases or lenses for their phones.. I personally wont.. I like the sleek slippery feel of a raw device.. and if i drop and break it.. i'll just get a replacement.. some folks have different preferences..
LoneWolfArcher
Silver Member
Cool.
Just found it funny that you dropped it, and then were upset it was no longer perfect. I dropped mine (started a thread) and reported that my left top corner got a crease in it. Such is the way of things when you drop them.However, I now have a silicon case and screen protector on it.
impostor71
New Member
I order a SGP screen protector for my Razr today. I used SGP screen protectors on my Droid X previously and really like their quality and clarity. Plus there's no adhesive involved.
nonnasmyladie
Member
Not really because it is actually weaker than normal glass if hit on certain angles. It is very easy to crack by dropping on a corner or putting to much pressure on it.
Gorilla glass has a bad habit of cracking in peoples' pockets.
Ha! Dropped my OG Droid hundreds on times without a crack or scratch... Dropped my RAZR on day #3(sitting on my lap when getting out of truck, and boom) Cracked corner of screen in 2 places...
Sucks, but thats what you get for being careless I guess... I'll deal with it until I break it more and make an insurance claim..
Sucks, but thats what you get for being careless I guess... I'll deal with it until I break it more and make an insurance claim..
What proof do you have that Gorilla Glass is "actually weaker than normal glass..."? What separates Gorilla Glass from "normal glass" as you put it, is primarily only microns deep on the glass surface. The rest of the glass from where the surface alterations stop to where they start again on the other side is "normal glass". Enhancing the strength of the surface by essentially filling in the microscopic imperfections on the surface actually makes the glass LESS succeptible to cracking since cracks are a result of stress in combination with existing imperfections on the glass surfaces.
What may contribute to the Gorilla Glass cracking on drops is that it's generally thinner than comparable cell phone front glass. This was a trade-off to obtain both a thinner profile and yet retain comparable and measurably enhanced strength and scratch resistance. ANY glass, when dropped on an edge can crack with a seemingly short fall, and yet may survive unscathed from a farther fall. It all depends on WHERE it's hit (i.e. is it near a surface imperfection), how much stress it's already under (i.e. is the bezel bent or deformed causing the glass to be slightly twisted or bent), whether there already microscopic cracks from earlier falls that are invisible to the naked eye, the temperature of the glass and whether it's just moved from a warm to cold state or vice versa, and a myriad of other potential catalysts.
To make a blanket statement that Gorilla Glass is weaker than normal glass is unfounded and entirely misleading, especially since you are basing your evaluation and conclusion on a very limited set of complaints read on this and other forums, coupled perhaps with your own experience. Do a true clinical evaluation of "normal glass" against Gorilla Glass and come back with your findings. I am sure that Corning has already done that and with the laws of truth in advertising are making claims of added strength and scratch resistance that they can back up with clinical proof.
See Corning at SID: Corning® Gorilla® Glass Bend Test - YouTube
and Corning at SID: Corning® Gorilla® Glass Scratch Test - YouTube
and Corning® Gorilla® Glass Ball Drop Test - YouTube
and Fun with Gorilla Glass - YouTube (really cool live demo) for more information.
As for the "bad habit of cracking in peoples' pockets", the overall thinness of the phone, coupled with the larger overall length and width make it MORE succeptible to flexing. The internal Stainless Steel frame, and the multi-layer laminate structure of the phone was designed to combat this overriding characteristic. However, again if glass, essentially ANY glass is bent beyond its breaking point, it will fail. By carrying these phones in pockets and being perhaps lulled by the advertisements into believing the glass is indestructible coupled with the physical design and dimensions of the phone and the exceptionally thin profile of the glass lends itself to being "in the wrong place at the wrong time" perhaps more often than other phones. Also the fact that other phones are generally less flexible due to their thicker profile and even in many case shorter stance, means they are less likely to flex beyond the point of the glass breaking - normal glass or not. Take the RAZR and put "normal glass" on its front and I assure you it will fail far sooner and with less stresses than we're already placing these phones under.
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