Gorilla Glass 一向是高階手機的一個標準入場券，擁有極高的抗刮力及極高的硬度，Gorilla Glass 成功成爲大家的信心保證。雖然 Gorilla Glass 已經擁有超人的抗刮力及硬度，但其厚度仍然沒有比對手薄出太多，因此康寧在上月的 CES 發表了 Gorilla Glass 2。Gorilla Glass 2 的厚度比 Gorilla Glass 薄了 20%，但其硬度和防刮力仍然得以保持，這令未來推出的手機帶來更薄的機身或更多空間擺放電池。過了一個多月，康寧終於傳出正式推出產品的日子。據悉，在 4-5 月推出的手機才會有機會用到新一代的 Gorilla Glass 2，相信屆時的手機會比現時最薄的 Motorola Razr 更薄，甚至進入低於 7mm 的年代！
至於大家最關心的 Galaxy S III 會否採用 Gorilla Glass 2？暫時仍然無法得知，不過我們就不排除這可能性，畢竟傳聞 Galaxy S III 將會有薄得令人難以置信的厚度，
新聞稿：
Corning Delivering Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 for Next Generation Consumer Electronic Devices
CORNING, N.Y., February 27, 2012 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced the first shipments of Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 to key device makers who plan to utilize the glass in new consumer electronics devices planned for release in 2012.
“Corning’s new glass composition, Gorilla Glass 2, enables slimmer and sleeker devices, brighter images, and greater touch sensitivity, providing an ideal solution for the newest, most sophisticated smartphones, tablets, and personal computers,” said David R. Velasquez, global director, Marketing and Commercial Operations, Corning® Gorilla® Glass.“
Since we launched Gorilla Glass 2 just last month at CES, we’ve qualified the glass with more than half of our current customers, and have shipped our first orders to customers who plan to start production and release product in the first quarter this year.”
Corning Gorilla Glass 2 is the next generation of the widely accepted damage-resistant cover glass for consumer electronic devices, enabling up to 20% reduction in cover glass thickness without sacrificing the performance consumers have come to expect from the world’s most widely deployed strengthened cover glass.
Introduced in 2007, Corning Gorilla Glass set the industry standard for damage-resistant cover glass. Today it is the most widely deployed cover glass, used by more than 30 major brands and has been designed into more than 600 product models, spanning over 600 million units worldwide.
Corning will demonstrate the new glass performance at the Pepcom event, MobileFocus Global, on Feb. 27, in Barcelona, Spain.
