Because in earlier days electronic devices and gadgets were used plastic screens which is easily scratched and people started using screen protector to avoid scratches which needs to spend from your pocket and its not 100% guarantee to protect your device from scratches at least minimum amount of pressure.
Gorilla Glass is a product of Corning Inc based on US and its a combination of thinness, light weight and damage proof(certain amount of pressure and it was developed during 1960's which is named as "Chemcor" glass and mostly used in chemical and automotive industries.
Later Apple found there is a scope for iphone screen improvement which will give them uniqueness and Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a meeting with Corning CEO Wendell Weeks to supply Gorilla Glass for its iphone which is released mid of 2007 and became huge success for both companies, later other electronic device manufactures started using Corning Gorilla Glass for their product which increased demand to new higher level for Corning Gorilla Glass.
The 2nd generation called Gorilla Glass 2 was released October 2012 which is more durable and 20% thinner than previous version.
3rd generation of Gorilla Glass 3 was released in 2013 using Native Damage Resistance(NDR) technology which will provide 3 times better damage proof than Gorilla Glass 2.
Corning claims "1000 products, 1.5 billion devices and 33 major brands using Corning Gorilla Glass" world wide.
Gorilla glass used in smart phones, Tablets/slates, Notebooks and other devices like TV, monitor, etc.
Some of the top brands using Corning Gorilla Glass.
- Apple
- HP
- Acer
- ASUS
- HTC
- Nokia
- SAMSUNG
- LG
- Lenova
- Motorola
- Dell
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