Late last month, Corning unveiled the Gorilla Glass 4, which offers greater protection during device drops. As the case usually is, it was widely expected that the Gorilla Glass 4 would make its way to the market with the next-generation of Android smartphones slated to be released in Q1 next year. As it turns out though, Samsung has already released a smartphone that makes use of Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4: the Galaxy Alpha. According to Corning, the Gorilla Glass used on the Alpha is only 0.4mm thin. Corning states that the Gorilla Glass 4 is at least 2x stronger than other competing glasses in the market, and has an 80% chance of surviving a 1ft. high drop when compared to soda-lime glass.
