Displays are the most volatile part of any smartphone. They’re notorious for breaking, they’re expensive to repair and too much damage can render your device useless. So it’s strange that it has taken so long for someone to design the world’s first shatterproof display.
Where the rigid construction of the Gorilla Glass 4 was considered the best on the market, Motorola’s new ShatterShield used on its X Force device goes above and beyond what we expected. It’s a thinner display when compared to Gorilla Glass, using five distinct layers that absorb and deter impacts in different ways. Working in sync, they’re able to remain intact and usable throughout.
We used several differently-sized hammers with an increasing amount of force to test Motorola’s claims, and the X Force passed with flying…
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