Sapphire is a material that’s naturally hard, the third hardest material on the Mohs scale after diamond and moissanite. It’s also a material that can be made by man and used — as sapphire glass — in ...

When it comes to rugged, premium smartwatches, the material of choice for lenses is often sapphire glass. Brands like Garmin have embraced sapphire glass for its exceptional durability and sleek, ...

When it comes to the new Apple Watch, durability is important. The smartwatch sits right on your wrist and could face more nicks and scratches than a typical smartphone. At least smartphones can be ...

Corning’s Gorilla Glass coats most of our phones and tablets, and while it’s more shatter-resistant than the glass on your windows, it still has a tendency to get scratched up over a device’s lifetime ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. In the months leading up to Apple’s iPhone 6 ...

That $10,000 Android we looked at a couple weeks back, the Vertu Ti, might not have been the most impressive phone in the specs department, but it did have one killer feature: a screen made of ...

Glassmaker Corning on Friday unveiled "Project Phire," a glass composite that the company says is just as strong and drop-resistant as its latest Gorilla Glass but nearly as scratch-resistant as ...

Your browser does not support the video element. Ever since Apple started working with sapphire plant GT Advanced Technologies last year, many have speculated the ...

Smartphones take a lot of abuse, and there’s money to be made in screens that are resistant to scratches and cracks. Corning’s Gorilla Glass has been the leader in this market, appearing on Apple ...

If you’ve been paying any attention to the Internet’s ever-whirring rumor mill, you might be under the impression that Gorilla Glass is about to receive some stiff competition from sapphire glass. But ...

Corning, the supplier of the Gorilla Glass display that is used by Apple and Samsung in their flagship smartphones, revealed that it is working on a new kind of material that features a combination of ...

Hardened glass maker Corning is working on a new material that's said to combine the toughness of its popular Gorillas Glass with a level of scratch resistance that comes close to that of sapphire.