Thanks to Corning's new Gorilla Glass Victus, your next cell phone may be able to withstand a two-meter drop and be more resistant to scratches and cracks. And it may even be featured in the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.

Gorilla Glass, like the latest Gorilla Glass 6 on the OnePlus 8 Pro and others, has become the standard for phones that promise to weather impacts and drops well. However, most of them prioritize resisting damage from drops over scratches; Victus aims to enhance the scratch resistance of Gorilla Glass and improve its resistance to drops without any trade-offs.

Thus, Gorilla Glass Victus will not only be able to withstand drops from a height of two meters in laboratory tests, but will also have a chemical composition that increases its resistance to the deep scratches that can almost ruin a cell phone display. According to Corning, the scratch test, which applies a load of 8 newtons to the glass, results in scratches between 7 and 10 newtons. For reference, competitive aluminosilicate-based glass scratches at a load of 4 newtons. [John Bain, senior vice president and general manager of Corning, said, "If you drop a cell phone, the cell phone breaks, but as we develop better glass, the cell phone can withstand more drops, but we also see more visible scratches. "Either drops or scratches will break the phone. Instead of the traditional approach of asking engineers to focus on a single goal of making glass that is better at either drops or scratches, we asked them to focus on improving both drops and scratches, and Gorilla Glass Victus was born. [The reason is that I recently noticed a scratch on my Galaxy Note 10 Plus, which has Gorilla Glass 6, that was deep enough to be felt. Speaking of which, Gorilla Glass Victus will be on Samsung phones "in the near future," Corning said.

Given that, it would not be surprising if the upcoming Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is the first phone to feature it. Rumor has it that the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 will feature an upgraded seventh-generation Gorilla Glass, which appears to be Gorilla Glass Victus.

However, recent leaks indicate that the standard Galaxy Note 20 will have a plastic back. Therefore, the new Gorilla Glass will likely debut on the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, which will have glass panels on the front and back.

The Galaxy Note 20 will be released on August 5. And since the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is expected to have a 120Hz refresh rate and use an LTPO display that dynamically adjusts the refresh rate, Gorilla Glass Victus is just the ticket to avoid damage to such a screen could be the best way to avoid such damage to the screen.