Late last month, Corning announced Gorilla Glass 4, its latest breed of tough glass designed to protect smartphone displays. At the time, the company Gorilla Glass 4 was ‘now shipping’ to device manufacturers worldwide. We figured that meant the first Gorilla Glass 4 devices would make an appearance early next year. Maybe at CES if we were lucky. However, it seems we’ve already encountered our first one. We’ve even reviewed it!
That’s right, the Galaxy Alpha, which was released in August, is the first smartphone to incorporate Gorilla Glass 4. The announcement was made this morning, and makes no mention of the fact that the Alpha has been available for months. In fact, if you had been living in a far off land with no internet, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Alpha was a brand new phone from Samsung.
“Corning Incorporated announced today that Samsung has chosen 0.4 mm thick Corning Gorilla Glass 4 as the discrete touch cover glass in their sleekest smartphone ever – the Galaxy ALPHA,” the company proudly declared in a press release issued this morning. It later added: “At less than 7 mm thick, the Galaxy ALPHA offers the distinctive design experience that consumers demand. Its slim profile and light weight, coupled with its durable Gorilla Glass 4 cover glass, make the Galaxy ALPHA a great fit for consumers who want a sophisticated look and feel without sacrificing functionality.”
The Galaxy Alpha launched in Canada on Bell and Virgin in September. It hit TELUS last month and is also available on Videotron. Aside from what we now know to be the 0.4mm Gorilla Glass 4 protecting the Alpha’s 4.7-inch 1280×720 pixel Super AMOLED display, the phone features a 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 SoC, 2GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. There’s also a 12MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, Android 4.4.4, and an 1860mAh battery. The frame is fashioned from metal and is Samsung’s first phone to feature metal construction. It has since been joined by the Note 4, and the Galaxys A3 and A5.
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