Dropping your smartphone mid-selfie may soon be less traumatic.
New York glass maker Corning has unveiled the latest iteration of Gorilla Glass, which the company claims is four times as likely to survive a fall from waist or shoulder height as its competitors.
The company's Gorilla Glass products have been used in 4.5 billion devices since 2007, including products from Samsung, Apple, Motorola, LG, Hewlett-Packard and others, according to its website.
A global survey cited by Corning revealed that 85 percent of smartphone users have dropped their mobile device at least once in the past year and that 55 percent have dropped their mobile device three or more times in the past year.
That's a lot of buttery fingers and potentially cracked screens. Thus, it's no surprise that easily broken screens rank among the most frequent complaints from smartphone users.