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Smartphones to get tougher with the newest Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Smartphones today are bigger, faster and more capable. These devices contain every information one needs at their fingertips and that’s precisely why people are keener to ensure that they are well protected. But that also makes them a tad bit heavier, and the all-glass body makes them more susceptible to damage should they fall. With the latest Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, OEMs can now provide consumers with smartphone protection that was previously unheard of.
“Smartphones are the center of our digital lives, and the requirement for exceptional scratch and drop resistance has only increased with our growing reliance on clear, damage-free displays,” said Dave Velasquez, Vice President and General Manager, Corning Gorilla Glass.
“We challenged our scientists not only to create a glass composition that was durable enough to better survive drops from waist height onto rougher surfaces than asphalt, but to improve cover-glass performance for larger and heavier devices. With more sophisticated and varied designs, today’s smartphones are nearly 15% heavier, and screen sizes are up to 10% larger, than they were four years ago – increasing both the stress on the cover glass and the probability of damage. Gorilla Glass Victus 2 redefines tough for consumers and OEMs.”
Gorilla Glass Victus 2 provides improved toughness and durability while retaining the same scratch resistance as Gorilla Glass Victus. In lab tests, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 survived drops of up to one meter on surfaces like concrete. Competitive aluminosilicate glasses from other manufacturers typically failed when dropped from half-a-meter or less. Additionally, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 continued to survive drops up to two meters on asphalt and maintained scratch resistance up to 4x better than competitive aluminosilicate glass. The new glass will come with a standard thickness of between 0.4 mm and 1.2 mm.
Gorilla Glass Victus 2 is currently being tested by multiple OEMs and is likely to feature in upcoming flagship devices in a few months. Despite the additional protection against drops and scratches the new glass is not expected to add to the cost of any smartphone.
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus was introduced two years ago with the glass being used in flagship smartphones like Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and OnePlus 10 Pro 5G.
Gorilla Glass has been designed into more than 8 billion devices by over 45 major brands. For more than a decade, Gorilla Glass has helped revolutionize the way we communicate and transform the mobile consumer electronics industry. With nearly half a billion global consumers yet to transition to smartphones, Gorilla Glass will continue to solve tough consumer challenges and meet the needs of current and future smartphone users.
Facebook is inching closer to launch much-anticipated WhatsApp Pay in India and will soon have a positive news to share, the company`s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said. Data compliance issues and regulations have kept WhatsApp Pay launch in abeyance for quite some time, despite a successful test run of the payments service with one million users in the country.
“We have our test going in India. The test really shows that a lot of people are going to want to use this product. We`re very optimistic that we`re going to be able to launch to everyone in India soon, but of course will share more news when we have that,” Zuckerberg told analysts on an earnings call on Wednesday.
The peer-to-peer, UPI-based WhatsApp Pay service will reach over 400 million users — especially the small and medium businesses (SMBs) — to boost digital inclusion in the country.
The government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have expressed concerns over some of WhatsApp`s features in complying with the regulations.
WhatsApp had earlier said it had built a local system to store payments-related data to comply with the RBI`s data localisation requirement, but later in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court, the RBI said WhatsApp`s Pay is yet to comply with its data localisation norms.
“We differentiate between payment systems that are built on top of the existing financial infrastructure like what we`re trying to do with WhatsApp payments or when we make payments in Instagram Shopping, and our work with something like Libra that is trying to build some new technological infrastructure for financial services,” Zuckerberg elaborated.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said if WhatsApp meets the regulatory norms from RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), then it should be allowed to start digital payment operations in the country.
It is nearly a necessity for WhatsApp to launch the payment service as it is in direct competition with giants like Alphabet`s Google Pay, Walmart-owned PhonePe, Amazon Pay and Alibaba-backed Paytm. These companies are in a fierce competition to dominate the digital payments industry in the country which is estimated to hit $1 trillion by 2023.
According to a report by Omidyar Network and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), nearly half of MSME owners with annual business revenue between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 75 crore would use WhatsApp Payments once it is fully rolled out.
During the earnings call, Dave Wehner, Chief Financial Officer at Facebook, said daily active users reached 1.62 billion, up 9 per cent compared to last year, led by growth in India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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“This represents approximately 66 per cent of the 2.45 billion monthly active users in September,” Wehner informed.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 31 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said India corrected a historic blunder by abrogating Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir. “India corrected a historic blunder by abrogating Article 370 and 35A under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is only because of the willpower of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that integration of Jammu and Kashmir in India was made possible,” said Pradhan.
The minister participated in `Run For Unity` event on occasion of 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel here. He said Sardar Patel was a towering personality, having made invaluable contributions towards building a modern and unified India. “India would have been destined to reach greater heights of greatness, if Sardar Patel would have been the first Prime Minister of our country,” he said.
Union Minister Pratap Sarangi along with BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh also participated in the “Run For Unity” in Balasore. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid tributes to Patel on the occasion of his 144th birth anniversary.
“Humble tribute to Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on birth anniversary. His immense contribution to integrate India into powerful nation will always be remembered,” tweeted the Chief Minister.
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Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik also paid tribute to the `Iron Man` of India by creating a sand art at the Puri beach.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates for the third time this year in a move to ensure the US economy weathers a global trade war without slipping into a recession.
The benchmark equity index, Sensex, surpassed its previous lifetime high during the early trade on Thursday. Image source: Reuters
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