Gorilla Glass 3D for smartphones with curved displays and wearables ! ! !

Corning announces Gorilla Glass 3D for smartphones with curved displays and wearables 

Just in time for CES, Gorilla Glass maker Corning has announced it can now make the popular protective glass in 3D shapes. With this solution Corning aims to to pre-empt the trend of curved displays in smartphones like we have seen from Samsung and LG. However, a bigger market could be that of wearables, especially high-end smartwatches that are yet to come.

In the press release Corning mentions, “Corning’s 3D-forming technology can achieve precise tolerances and high throughput on a platform that is more economical than alternative two-mold forming methods. This technology uses Gorilla Glass of uniform thickness, assisting designers to introduce thinner and lighter devices and leverage the emergence of conformable displays for mobile and wearable applications.”

The announcement of 3D Gorilla Glass would be of immense importance, especially for smartwatch makers as a better and understandably cheaper alternative to using a sapphire glass in their smartwatches. With a certain company long rumored to be making a smartwatch with a curved glass display, it is quite possible we won’t have to wait for much longer to see the first product using this new technology.