[Q] Gorilla Glass display or not?

[Smartmob]

Then what they say here and here is a lay I presume

I apologize, i said it in the wrong way
What I meant to say was:
- primary gorilla glass i shockproof, it doesnt brake easly when it falls from the hand
- secondary it is scratchproof...because it is a glass

So, regular glass is scratchproof...but gorilla glass is scratchproof AND shockproof... HD2, iPhone 3GS, Nexus One...they all dont have gorilla glass BUT they are scratchproof

 

[azreil24]

SE X10i is scratchproof too, at least that is what they say, and trust me that is not, at least nowhere near the Gorilla Glass.

 

[Smartmob]

Well...I had HD2...without gorilla glass...and it was scratchproof
Gorilla glass is better...that is truth!

 

[liorra3]

sorry for the bump, its recomended to use a screen protector for that device?
is it anti scratching screen ? do the screen protector get some help for un brakeing ?

 

[aksd]

My Motorola XT720 has gorilla glass and has tiny scratches visible only at certain angles. I think these were cause by the girl friends ear-rings.

 

[woodsman]

Is it confirmed yet weither the DHD has Gorilla Glass or not?

 

[tursoke]

For the 1000th time...gorilla glass doesnt have any conection with scracthproof or similar. The main point of gorilla glass is that is shochproof, it doesnt brake when it falls from your hand on the floor!

The manufacturer of gorilla glass markets it as more scratch proof among other things.


Back to the topic, does DHD have gorilla glass or not?

 

[JamesBarnes]

OK, heres the break down:

Glass is much much harder than plastic, when glass is used it is often labelled as "scratch resistant" (Different types of glass vary in their hardness, Mineral > Soda for example), what they mean is "more scratch resistant than plastic".

The primary function of gorilla glass over normal glass is not scratch resistance, but reduced crack propagation.

As i mentioned glass is hard, but it is also brittle, we all know it shatters very easily. It shatters because when sufficient force is applied to the glass (from an impact or fall for eg) microscopic primary force fractures occur within the glass, because the glass is hard and brittle these cracks propagate throughout the whole pane, resulting in the spider web fractures you are used to seeing.

Gorilla glass is designed such that those microscopic cracks do not propagate, the screen is still damaged, but the damage is tiny and localized.

 

[fz9999]

maybe not

The two reviews here:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...jOaF2DacA&sig2=OEOnIUMB1k5LyuSgLjuVTQ&cad=rja

and here:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...8bDlmW9vA&sig2=_kYi24tJ3I_IeiYU0tPWCQ&cad=rja

(using cached links so you can see the keywords)
would imply the DHD does not have gorilla glass.

 

[tursoke]

Confirmed it from HTC a few days ago. DHD does NOT have gorilla glass.