turtle glass... the new gorilla glass? indestructible phones!

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/49044616.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 

 

 

 Samsung is hoping to bring a tougher strengthened glass that can withstand abuse and damage better than the industry-leading Gorilla Glass today.

The protective glass, which is known as Turtle, has appeared on Chinese social media site Weibo. There isn't much information about Turtle at this time, but there's speculation that the glass can also bend, which would make it suitable for Samsung's foldable smartphone endeavor known as Project Valley.

 

 

 

i dont drop my phones... but the glass gets scratched. really hoping this brings more durability and longevity to phones... and more scratch resistant! wouldnt even need a phantom glass protector anymore lol

[SPAS-ID]

Seriously why the heck do we need a strong ass glass ?!

[TheKDub]

Pretty dank.

 

Gorilla Glass II has served me wonderfully for over a year with my htc evo 4g lte (until the phone itself died...), I've dropped that phone many many times and there was no damage at all to the screen, when it broke and wouldn't stop vibrating, I even threw it like 30 feet into the air and it landed on dirt (with some rocks and such below it too) and escaped without any damage, not a single scratch or crack.

 

I'd really like to see this turtle glass compared to gorilla glass 4 or whatever the newest one is

[TheKDub]

Seriously why the heck do we need a strong ass glass ?!

 

Because people don't know how to hold things and drop their phones all over the place.

[MblaZe7run]

I've never scratched the glass on a phone. And I've never used a screen protector (aside from the one integrated on my rugged case for my Note 3 that I only use when outside in the winter). Only items higher than a "6" on Mohs Scale will scratch Gorilla Glass (which rates a 6-6.5, depending on the model and batch), which means you are in contact with a lot of hard items ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Albatross]

I wonder just how good it is if it better than Gorilla glass, which is pretty sturdy. Will be interesting to see the results of a comparison!

[Isocadia]

I've never scratched the glass on a phone. And I've never used a screen protector (aside from the one integrated on my rugged case for my Note 3 that I only use when outside in the winter). Only items higher than a "6" on Mohs Scale will scratch Gorilla Glass (which rates a 6-6.5, depending on the model and batch), which means you are in contact with a lot of hard items ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

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Gorilla glass is 6-6.5?

Unfortunatly for you, quartz is 7/7.5, and since quartz is a major component of sand, I wouldn't be so sure about them hard items you are having encounters with ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

But on a serious note, Gorilla Glass gets rekt by sand and I've seen phones full of micro-scratches due to it ( live at the coast in the Netherland, so lots of sand here )

[MblaZe7run]

Gorilla glass is 6-6.5?

Unfortunatly for you, quartz is 7/7.5, and since quartz is a major component of sand, I wouldn't be so sure about them hard items you are having encounters with ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

But on a serious note, Gorilla Glass gets rekt by sand and I've seen phones full of micro-scratches due to it ( live at the coast in the Netherland, so lots of sand here )

Can't say I've rolled my phone in sand before

 

This also isn't saying that brushing sand over your phone screen will scratch it. You have to use SOME force.

 

 

The most common way for people to scratch their phones is actually through ear jewelry. Many people wear diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, etc., and fortunately for my phone, I not only use a Bluetooth headset, but I also only wear silicon tunnels as ear jewelry.

[Dabombinable]

I drop my phone. Another chip gets taken out of it. The screen remains indestructible and the phone Nokia tough (Its a Sony Ericson K750i).

[You_are_a_cunt]

The question should really be: how good of a soup can you make out of it?

 

*drools at the thought of turtle soup*

[Isocadia]

Can't say I've rolled my phone in sand before

This also isn't saying that brushing sand over your phone screen will scratch it. You have to use SOME force.

The most common way for people to scratch their phones is actually through ear jewelry. Many people wear diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, etc., and fortunately for my phone, I not only use a Bluetooth headset, but I also only wear silicon tunnels as ear jewelry.

Yeah, most of the time I see scratches from sand people either wear skinny jeans and put their phones in their pockets ( horrible though ) or they literally put their phone under their towel and sit on it as a anti theft measure.... Not the brightest idea

[MblaZe7run]

Yeah, most of the time I see scratches from sand people either wear skinny jeans and put their phones in their pockets ( horrible though ) or they literally put their phone under their towel and sit on it as a anti theft measure.... Not the brightest idea

Not at all.

Speaking of skinny jeans and pockets, how in the hell do people ruin their cases and claim it's from taking their phone out of/putting it in their pocket? I wear some damn tight skinny jeans (in that area at least, cant be too tight in the calf area because I've got large calves) and am constantly removing and replacing my phone. No damage to cases. Ever. (Sort of drops and scratching/cracking them that way). I just don't get it.

[Isocadia]

Not at all.

Speaking of skinny jeans and pockets, how in the hell do people ruin their cases and claim it's from taking their phone out of/putting it in their pocket? I wear some damn tight skinny jeans (in that area at least, cant be too tight in the calf area because I've got large calves) and am constantly removing and replacing my phone. No damage to cases. Ever. (Sort of drops and scratching/cracking them that way). I just don't get it.

I assume it's not from the skinny jeans itself, but it happens when people aren't carefull and bump into stuff. In regular pockets the phone just moves around and nothing happens. In skinnies I assume that because they are packed tightly against your legs the phone absorbs the shock and breaks/cracks.

Or people just say it's caused by their jeans due to warranty but they are actually too ashamed to admit they dropped it or something. I always find it funny how on an anonymous service like the Internet people are even more reluctant to share their failures than in real life or on Facebook, where they aren't anonymous.

[kacper]

I've never scratched the glass on a phone. And I've never used a screen protector (aside from the one integrated on my rugged case for my Note 3 that I only use when outside in the winter). Only items higher than a "6" on Mohs Scale will scratch Gorilla Glass (which rates a 6-6.5, depending on the model and batch), which means you are in contact with a lot of hard items ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Look at specific angle in direct sunlight in really sunny day. I'm sure you'll find some micro scratches .

[JAKEBAB]

Turtle. Seriously. Out of all the animals in the world they landed on turtle to promote its strength? WTF! where is my Rhino glass samsung?!

[Isocadia]

Turtle. Seriously. Out of all the animals in the world they landed on turtle to promote its strength? WTF! where is my Rhino glass samsung?!

Turtle shell is really strong? And ivory from the rhino is not that strong?

But why are we even debating? We all know what we really want is Phantom Glass, the last damn screen protector we'll ever need!

[JAKEBAB]

Turtle shell is really strong? And ivory from the rhino is not that strong?

But why are we even debating? We all know what we really want is Phantom Glass, the last damn screen protector we'll ever need!

I wasn't talking about it in the sense of material strength but overall body strength. They could do some really cool ads to promote rhino glass as well.

[ShadowCaptain]

i dont drop my phones...

 

What? haha nobody does it on purpose, you could go 10 years and never drop a phone. but when you do and it breaks you would be happy to have stronger glass

 

Thats like me saying "I dont need airbags I dont crash my car" but it could still happen

[Nup]

Yep awesome never gonna complain about better glass.

[Prysin]

obviously this new type of glass is inferior... how long do you think a turtle would last against a gorilla... the gorilla would peel the shell off the turtle with just a decisive roar

[That Norwegian Guy]

I've never scratched the glass on a phone. And I've never used a screen protector (aside from the one integrated on my rugged case for my Note 3 that I only use when outside in the winter). Only items higher than a "6" on Mohs Scale will scratch Gorilla Glass (which rates a 6-6.5, depending on the model and batch), which means you are in contact with a lot of hard items ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

Ha, my teeth will scratch it then lol (replaced my top row with zircon due to an accident)

[carolkarine]

All you guys who don't want stronger glass - you may not want it now, but it only takes one drop.

[dizmo]

I'm interested to see how this plays out.

I'm all for more hats in the ring but I really don't know how Samsung is going to beat a company like Corning, who's been doing glass for so long.

It would lower their costs though, so I get why they're doing it.

 

 

Seriously why the heck do we need a strong ass glass ?!

Why not?

 

Because people don't know how to hold things and drop their phones all over the place.

Except GG doesn't really help protect your phone from drops...

[TheKDub]

I'm interested to see how this plays out.

I'm all for more hats in the ring but I really don't know how Samsung is going to beat a company like Corning, who's been doing glass for so long.

It would lower their costs though, so I get why they're doing it.

 

 

Why not?

 

Except GG doesn't really help protect your phone from drops...

 

The stronger the screen, the lower the chance of the screen shattering when the phone is dropped.. also helps keep the screen from getting scratched.

[Ridska]

Seriously why the heck do we need a strong ass glass ?!

People with trust issues...