Has it been definitively proved Gorilla Glass is on the 4 and 4S?

[Rocko]

I know the Jobs autobiography talks about the older iPhones using Gorilla Glass, but what about current phones?

 

[darweshs]

I think they switched to their own glass. Scratch-resistant

 

[PapaNoHair]

Why make the phone of glass instead of metal?

 

[bab2010]

Why make the phone of glass instead of metal?

Glass is cheaper than the metal, more over if the glass hit a concrete it won't get up, you need to keep on using your phone after the hit so you will spend some extra $ at the Apple Store; but if a meta hit a concrete, it will get up and ask you to do that again
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[iHolophyte]

Glass is cheaper than the metal, more over if the glass hit a concrete it won't get up, you need to keep on using your phone after the hit so you will spend some extra $ at the Apple Store; but if a meta hit a concrete, it will get up and ask you to do that again
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Lol@ do it again


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[wingzfan61]

Dont know whats on them now but I know on the 4s I had a itty bitty piece of salt from a fry was stuck on my finger when I swiped the screen and I could feel it scratch. Sure enough it had a nasty gash. Since switching carriers and getting a 4 I immediately put a screen protector on it.

 

[darweshs]

Dont know whats on them now but I know on the 4s I had a itty bitty piece of salt from a fry was stuck on my finger when I swiped the screen and I could feel it scratch. Sure enough it had a nasty gash. Since switching carriers and getting a 4 I immediately put a screen protector on it.

It won't really help in that case.

 

[mikej798]

Not sure all I know they are very scratch resistant from what I've seen haven't had a scratch yet not screen protector since I got it and got it a couple days after release. The 4s I mean.

 

[Delphi51]

Why make the phone of glass instead of metal?

The "gorilla glass" covers the screen. Any glass is much harder than plastic, but GG is exceptional. There is an article on it here: Gorilla Glass 2.0: Stronger, Thinner, Lighter | PCWorld Business Center
and it is fun to watch attempts to damage it on You Tube (search for Gorilla Glass iPhone).

 

[Rocko]

Dont know whats on them now but I know on the 4s I had a itty bitty piece of salt from a fry was stuck on my finger when I swiped the screen and I could feel it scratch. Sure enough it had a nasty gash. Since switching carriers and getting a 4 I immediately put a screen protector on it.

Yeah, it prob. scratched the oleophobic coating. I am leaning towards it not being GG.