Samsung Galaxy Nexus Won’t Have Gorilla Glass

Posted by | 10/25/2011 | 40 Comments

In what will probably be a little bit of a disappointment for some of you looking to get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon (or AT&T and Sprint), Corning, the maker of Gorilla Glass, has confirmed via Twitter that its damage resistant screen technology will not be found on the upcoming Android 4.0 powered Nexus.

Those of you who have a tendency to drop your phone are probably shaking in your boot and those of you that take good care of your smartphone are probably shrugging. Yes, it would have been fantastic to see Gorilla Glass on the Galaxy Nexus but this isn’t and shouldn’t be a deal breaker for those of you interested in picking up this phone.

Remember, there are plenty of products out there, like Invisishield for instance, that can act as a fairly suitable replacement.

Galaxy Nexus

Now, we will say this. The news is a little bit odd considering Gorilla Glass was listed on the press release that we saw right before the Galaxy Nexus announcement. Was there a last second change? A typo?

We’ll probably never know.

Anyone crushed by the news?

Via: Phandroid

Update: As reader Gus vs. Walt points out, Samsung confirmed that it won’t be using Gorilla Glass with the Galaxy Nexus but another kind of fortified glass. No elaboration.

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  • Anonymous

    a lot of the things they skipped on with this phone are starting to add up in my opinion… i break every phone screen i own.

  • Melaza98

    I’m disappointed no gorilla glass no sd card i am going for motorola droid razr or wait until next year for samsung galaxy s3

  • Mikewoods94

    Just plain dumb. How many more of these “I’m sure it won’t be a deal breaker” type of scenarios are we gonna see before the phone is actually released? There is way too much B$ marketing that get’s in the way of someone actually releasing one bad A$$ phone.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AOCUD7PWWGTGZBT7HILKZ3OBXI Meiyi

    Samsung confirmed there is fortified glass on Galaxy Nexus.  Hope it’s Dragontrail from Asahi Glass.  That’s even better than Corning’s Gorilla Glass. :D

  • http://twitter.com/baddaBAM baddaBAM

    Actually, YEA I AM. That being said, I’ll once again wait for all the cell phonies mfg’s to get it right with things like Battery Life, and now Gorilla Glass before making a move.

  • http://twitter.com/baddaBAM baddaBAM

    It’s interesting how Corning is willing to respond but so far we get NUTHIN from Samsung or Google.

  • http://twitter.com/baddaBAM baddaBAM

    EPIC FAIL

    • Teszscs

      Before i was ericson fun than nokia took it place and now, i am driving crazy with galaxy s2.
      In coming days i ll try nexus also.
      About i phone: you need more muscules to care it,ha. My galaxy s2 felt from 2m. on beton and it spring as ping pong but nothing happend to it. that why i like galaxy s2 too mutch.
      I pay 700 bax but its already pay me back with android market. i can read and fallow all the newspapers or anything else. thanks to samsung.
      What i want in next phone beter reich, battery and faster. its already beter than i phone but i believe it can be more.
      Zaza from DERSIM

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QNJ4JYH3GHPXSWGJS4LSEIIDYI elid

    Does anyone care about the brand of glass anyway ??? http://galaxyshop.us/

  • visitor

    I care. As long as it works I don’t care but I know that the “fortified glass” on the iPhone 4S is sh*t compared to the Gorilla Glass on the Galaxy S2. If it is comparable to Gorilla Glass then I don’t care what brand it is, but past experience says that there is a good chance it will be little better than the glass on the iPhone and that just doesn’t cut it for me.

  • Anonymous

    Hopefully this “fortified glass” will be a good replacement.  I guess to keep the costs down with LTE and maybe the curved manufacturing, the Gorilla Glass had to go.  But man, seeing this is the new flagship Android phone, they should put Knight Rider’s (KITT’s) molecular-bonded shell on it!

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