[citation][nom]Travis Beane[/nom]I believe the front glass of the iPhone 4 is made out of this stuff.This stuff certainly isn't new. What makes it interesting (to me) is that it's flexible. You try to bend normal glass, it shatters right away. You bend this stuff, it takes a while before it shatters. Not immune to scratching, but it's still pretty tough.[/citation]
Steve Jobs said that the company developed a new technology for the glass housing of the iPhone 4. It's called
aluminosilicate glass, and is the sort of glass used in the windshield of high-speed trains and helicopters. But Apple never, and I stress never, says that the glass is in any way resembles gorilla glass.
Apple claims the glass is really tough. There are plenty of videos to show the strength of gorilla glass. There are also a few videos showing how brittle the
iphone glass is.