A few months ago, I went to the Apple Store to buy a new iPhone. After showing models and upgrades, the cheerful consultant eventually quoted me a price – $1199. The girl laughed when I told her I was going to rent for a month.
“Crazy, right?” she said. Now let’s look at the covers.
It seems obvious on the next step. But while the cost of mobile phones has reached the stratosphere, some seemingly smart consumers are going the other way.
they don’t put covers on their phones and carry them everywhere, through dust and spilled water, completely unconcerned. Me and freedom from the cover? I let it go all the time, and it’s fine.”
. The author of the photo, Isa Zapata
, judging from the fact that I then heard from glass manufacturers, hard-working opponents of the cover and people who are paid for intentional damage Predecessors I know are here.
There’s been a lot of discussion about how a phone without a cover has become a status symbol for those who want to show class and confidence.
“You seem to be saying, ‘I can afford a replacement. ‘ But it’s not just about that.
For DJs. I have expensive trousers, do I have to wear an extra top to protect them? Where is that limit?”
I won’t pretend that the first week without shelter hasn’t left me feeling, well, how cool. But it’s some silly version of flirting with danger. Fashions come and go. I need facts, ideally a framer for the Earth, what I’m doing. Mobile phone, you probably browse the surface of the Gorilla Glass Patational technology, Struck Struck, developed by Corning. Older phones and budget brands, but Corning has basically taken over the market. Gorilla Glass technology director at Corning.
“The result is a stress layer that makes it harder for defects to penetrate through the glass.” In other words, it compresses the glass, making it less susceptible to damage.
During research, the company puts phones through various tortures to see what’s wrong and how to prevent them. Phones collide with special glass machines and hit car keys to mimic pockets.
Corning is even going into real phones to detect unusual damage.
Author photo, Isa Zapata
“We then examine tiny fragments of glass to understand the source of the initial destruction.” Screen. But Hamilton says the results have improved dramatically in recent years, and today’s smartphones are much stronger.
In 2016, Corning reported that Gorilla Glass 5 withstood a 0.8 metre drop in a lab