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Samsung claims its new Galaxy S25 Ultra glass can survive head-high drops on concrete
That’s twice the height as in 2023.
By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. Just two years after Samsung’s Galaxy S23 adopted a new Corning Gorilla Glass that can survive waist-high drops of one meter directly onto concrete, the new Samsung S25 Ultra has a ceramic version that can apparently survive head-high drops of 2.2 meters (7.2 feet). But that’s still over twice the height Corning and Samsung touted two generations ago, and the company impressively claims it was able to achieve that without compromising the scratch resistance of the glass — something that Corning has occasionally had to compromise in the past, as developing new forms of glass can come with tradeoffs between different kinds of protection.
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