Why Phone Screens Are Still Made From Glass And Not Plastic

Nowadays, most smartphones are covered in glass to make them look nice. But this design choice has a drawback: even the smallest bump can cause the surface of your phone to shatter. But why are phone screens made of glass, and not something harder to crack like plastic? Plastic is more resilient than glass when dropped. And you could actually buy smartphones with plastic screens for a much lower price. Maybe this is gonna happen in the future?

Speaking of the future, phone manufacturers are always looking for new ways to make our gadgets more durable and smarter. And sometimes when they start thinking about what the smartphones of the future will look like, they end up with some interesting ideas. There’s a chance that smartphones might one day completely replace our banks and credit cards. And smartphones will probably play a more important role as ‘authenticator’ systems!

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Hey Bright Siders! What invention would YOU like to see in the future?

[animePico]

Did you know
*The first handheld mobile phone weighs 2 kilograms ( i.e. 4.4 lbs) and it was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973.*

[SayoojGarrix]

Glass : Scratches at level 6 deeper grooves at level 7

Glass is glass. Glass breaks

[D]

They always go off topic in these videos, the question was why manufactures don't use plastic to make phone screens.

[jogalong]

I remember having an older Motorola with a plastic screen. It was basically indestructible and I think it's better to have few scratches than a spider web

[vilkkr]

Random facts of the day : the first computer was made in the 1940s AND space smells like searing steak

[DovahElioth]

Perctly operational plástico screens até not in the Future, but the present. I own a Z2 Force, It has palstic screen. Works perfect. It scratches but you can simply have a replaceble Glass film on top of it.

[dangelotbcx]

Bright side is wrong since Samsung making phone with glastic with it "plastic look like glass"

[mariamarper]

Plastic melts when over heated DONE, explained

[ItsDeveloper_]

Him: “phones will have screens on both sides in the future”
ZHC: *crying*

[bamsemh]

You have to press harder to "touch" the screen. That's why. The real question is, why does Apple glass break so much easier than any other glass screens 🤔

[stanleyinthehouse]

Roses are Red
Ketchup is too
Yay I got a like
But why is it Blue?

[chonnyworll]

i think that in 10 years smartphones wont be a thing anymore

[nobodywatchesnooby]

Well that's easy, because glass scratches at level 6 with *deeper grooves* at a level 7...

[izukumidoriya]

I love how theirs a video called ur phone is old and this video is also about a phone lol 0:34

[unknownuser]

Have you ever heard disaster worse that the titanic?




Do a story on the mv wilhelm gustloff, the worst maritime disaster

[laurenwortman]

Anything can survive a fall, it’s the sudden stop that gets ya.

[space-eye]

Which is why the Samsung fold and z-filp are made out of plastic instead of glass, cuz there's no way you can bend glass

[gajanandgupta]

It went from screen material to future smartphones😆

[skeptic]

I could really care less of my cell color, cause it will always be in a case.