This 2019 is definitely going to be the year of folding phones, I am not very clear if they will end up succeeding, or it will be that small object that we know exists, it fascinates us, but we are not willing to acquire for obvious reasons. That is why mobile phone component specialists have to innovate more than ever.
In your case Corning is working on a flexible Gorilla Glass that can be used in "folding" phones, ideal if Apple plans to launch its own. This is how the most respected firm in terms of protection for our mobile phones is adapting to the new times.
As you know, the panels of these flexible or foldable terminals do not break easily unless they are folded at too right angles, however, they do not have the typical glass cover as they do with the usual terminals, but rather They are made of a thin layer of plastic, which undoubtedly increases the risk of damage to the panel in the event of any possible impact, and what in turn causes folds to form, since this plastic is malleable.
We have a challenge to beat, the possibility of bending our crystals and keeping them that way, especially when they have an estimated thickness of between three and five millimeters, which significantly increases the risk of breakage. We are aiming on this path and we hope to create a solution to this problem.
Clearly making such a flexible glass is a real challenge to face, we will be closely following Corning's footsteps with this new "Gorilla Glass", since the ultra-resistant glass specialist firm has always had a close relationship with Apple (despite not having aired it barely), so it would not surprise us at all that both firms are working together on a really resistant folding phone.