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How does glass bend?


Everything bends if it's thin enough.

(Image credit: Source: Daniel Bader / Android Central)Making a phone with a glass screen that folds in half is a pretty amazing accomplishment. They all have the same end goal, though: be strong enough to resist unwanted "twisting", be precise enough to meet design specifications, and be durable enough to do it hundreds of thousands of times before it fails. (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)If you were to grab a foldable phone and press really hard on the screen with your thumbnail, you would be able to put a tiny dent in it.

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