For years, Corning’s toughened glass has graced the screens of more than 4.5 billion devices around the world to protect them from drops and untoward encounters with keys and coins in pockets. The company has now announced that it’s working on Gorilla Glass 5, which it claims can withstand drops from 1.6m – about shoulder height – 80 percent of the time. That means your phone’s display should be relatively damage-free if it slips through your fingers when you’re taking a selfie. Corning says this version – which is commercially available and should arrive on devices later this year –…
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