One of the highlights of the previous generation Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's screen was its glass. Developed in collaboration with Corning, Gorilla Glass Armor is much more resistant to scratches and drops than the screens of other mobile phones on the market: it offers four times more scratch resistance than competing screens and eliminates reflections by 75%.
During Galaxy Unpacked which took place this afternoon, Samsung presented the three new members of the family Galaxy S25the Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra. If we focus on the company's most premium model, the screen of Samsung's new flagship has once again surprised. The reason is in the glass.
Gorilla Armor 2 significantly reduces screen reflections and provides great durability
If the glass used in the screen of last year's Galaxy S24 Ultra already surprised us, the company confirmed during today's presentation that the new Galaxy S25 Ultra is protected by the second generation of Corning protective glass which arrived with the launch of the Galaxy S24 Ultra. We are talking about Gorilla Armor 2.
Although the glass that protects the screen of a cell phone is not the first thing you think about when buying it, it is something important. Without going any further, our colleagues from Xataka affirmed that the anti-reflective treatment The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra represents “a before and after on screens” and the difference with other mobile phones is noticeable even when it is turned off.
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He new Gorilla Armor 2 arriving with the Galaxy S25 Ultra is applied to both the front and back and combines Corning's ceramic glass with an exclusive anti-glare surface treatment that helps provide advanced drop protection as well as anti-glare surface treatment and scratch resistance. For this reason, the company claims that the Galaxy S25 Ultra has Samsung's toughest and most durable display.
According to Samsung, the Gorilla Armor 2 offers greater durability than the first generation glass, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is therefore able to resist impacts and scratches even better. In laboratory tests conducted by Corning, the Gorilla Armor 2 successfully survived drops of up to 7 feet onto a concrete-like surface, while alternative glass-ceramic materials failed when dropped from one meter. The Gorilla Armor 2 maintains the excellent scratch resistance of the previous generation.
In addition to having a more resistant screen, the new Galaxy S25 Ultra It is thinner and lighter than the previous generation. More precisely, 14 grams lighter and 0.4 mm thinner than the Galaxy S24 Ultra. And that's not all, because the screen is also larger than the previous generation: instead of last year's 6.8-inch panel, the Galaxy S25 Ultra now has a 6. 9 inches.
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