Corning's Gorilla Glass 6 was for a long time Corning's toughest glass for smartphones, being able to withstand drops of up to 1.6 meters onto hard and rough surfaces without damage. This is the glass that protects many high-end phones today, including Apple's iPhone 11 Pro Max.
El Gorilla Glass Foods It significantly exceeds it, as it is capable of withstanding falls of up to 2 meters, according to the manufacturer, so, in theory, it is 20% more resistant. El Samsung's Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has it, and boy has it been saved by the same in the most recent impact tests that the YouTube channel PhoneBuff He has made it, but not without comparing it with the aforementioned iPhone 11 Pro Max and seeing which one is more resistant.
The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra withstands numerous drops with almost no serious damage, but the iPhone 11 Pro Max…
The first thing you will realize when watching the following video is that dropping a phone on your back is worse than dropping it head-on, and this is because the camera bump offsets the point of contact; Rather than having a massive flat surface to dissipate energy, the camera setup creates weak spots, not to mention moving the point of impact.
On the first back drop of both devices, both suffer damage, but more so the iPhone 11 Pro Max, since all the rear glass of the same has been broken, while that of the Samsung mobile has hardly suffered mishaps in the corner where the camera is located.
The fall in a corner of the two does not affect them much. Here we find that there are just a few small scratches, no more.
On the other hand, The head-on drop is where, by far, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra outperforms the iPhone 11 Pro Max. After 10 drops, the panel is safe and sound, and with small scratches only visible under direct light, while the screen of the Apple smartphone does not survive even the first fall.
