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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50 Comments

  1. NoobCaptain on October 7, 2023 at 8:03 am

    Feels like bright side is dying a bit slowly



  2. SomeRandomGuy on October 7, 2023 at 8:04 am

    "plastic has alot of inconvenience"
    Me an intellect: *PHONE IS PHONE*



  3. alantic on October 7, 2023 at 8:04 am

    My phone are made of glass



  4. Payal Aditya on October 7, 2023 at 8:04 am

    knew a unknown info



  5. Clara Devil Claw on October 7, 2023 at 8:10 am

    idk but I like a manual hand help phone other than holographic phones hopefully old phones can also be used in the future



  6. Trooper on October 7, 2023 at 8:10 am

    The video you clicked on ends at 2:07. The rest of the video is just “wow phones are cool haha!” Thank me later. Or don’t. I don’t mind.



  7. caitlandd on October 7, 2023 at 8:10 am

    The BURGLAR part just makes sense



  8. Pr1nxcessx-Gacha on October 7, 2023 at 8:13 am

    3:39 it is already true we can start and move our vaccume with our phone, use an Alexa, and also dis is new at my school the teacher can see everyone’s computer screen so we don’t cheat



  9. BRIGHT SIDE on October 7, 2023 at 8:13 am

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



  10. Teknite on October 7, 2023 at 8:15 am

    I knew u were going to say gorrilla glass



  11. LukasJeTu on October 7, 2023 at 8:16 am

    my screen protector is from glass, it survived a fall from stairs, but it did not survive another glass being hit on hit, i have it cracked 2 times to rhe right and once down, because of my stupidity
    oh and not to forget the fact that once i had to replace the protector and my case…



  12. Jens Johansson on October 7, 2023 at 8:18 am

    So why are people putting plastic protection films on their glass screen?



  13. Genki on October 7, 2023 at 8:19 am

    Ipad



  14. David Triana on October 7, 2023 at 8:21 am

    One day people will put down their smartphones, go outside, and touch some grass!



  15. DRAGONGOLPO on October 7, 2023 at 8:22 am

    I have cracked my phone but it still wors for some reason it is from glass



  16. Shiu Rasheed on October 7, 2023 at 8:23 am

    Glasses of food and service Andes
    He



  17. Konichisan on October 7, 2023 at 8:24 am

    Why go off on a pointless tangent just to plagiarise Mrwhostheboss’s video?



  18. Tigy on October 7, 2023 at 8:26 am

    the future just does not feel right we are evolving ay to fast like if you agree



  19. Mario Everything on October 7, 2023 at 8:28 am

    Holographic smartphones would have no way to control them lol and Who would want to touch their lenses



  20. Munmun Das on October 7, 2023 at 8:29 am

    There is already a under screen camera called ZTE Axon 20



  21. on October 7, 2023 at 8:30 am

    R



  22. Tania Biswas on October 7, 2023 at 8:30 am

    In 2050 phones screens will be make with Dimonds.



  23. Tanmay's life on October 7, 2023 at 8:31 am

    Ceramic Shield of Apple is stronger than Gorilla Glass.



  24. A R I A N N A ! on October 7, 2023 at 8:31 am

    They have to be made from glass tho



  25. Catsdogs woof on October 7, 2023 at 8:31 am

    Like glass is weak the shell of my device is damaged NOT THE GLASS



  26. Yuf vac Weg suki on October 7, 2023 at 8:32 am

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  27. Among usfungus tgdfhh Mahmoud on October 7, 2023 at 8:34 am

    How about the i glass



  28. Elissabeth De Funches on October 7, 2023 at 8:36 am

    3:44



  29. DeeRizz on October 7, 2023 at 8:37 am

    ❤️LOVE BRIGHTSIDE ❤️



  30. Cat26 Woo on October 7, 2023 at 8:37 am

    My home can already open my door with my dad’s phone. We can also open my front door with a code, but we don’t have a key anymore for our front door. LOL!



  31. Vadican City on October 7, 2023 at 8:40 am

    What if we replace phone screens with bulletproof Glass



  32. jaxithedragon on October 7, 2023 at 8:42 am

    I love my phone:)



  33. Phonemaster on October 7, 2023 at 8:42 am

    ZTE AXON 20 ALREADY HAS UNDER-DISPLAY CAMERA



  34. asiff60000fx on October 7, 2023 at 8:43 am

    just ask a youtube scientist guy to invent a plastic screen that works smoothly like a glass screen



  35. unknown on October 7, 2023 at 8:44 am

    The only draw lback in all of this humman histroy is that not everyone cooperates and honestly open minded



  36. speedrun on October 7, 2023 at 8:44 am

    5:35 11 herbs and spices



  37. Sam on October 7, 2023 at 8:45 am

    4:45 you won’t even know someone is watching you



  38. DRAGONGOLPO on October 7, 2023 at 8:46 am

    You went too over board



  39. dillydadally on October 7, 2023 at 8:48 am

    I’m going to respectfully but strongly disagree on all these reasons. There’s actually a few examples of plastic screen phones that prove them false. The best phone I ever owned was a Moto Z2 Force, which was a rare high-end smartphones that used a plastic screen. After years of the toughest use you’ve ever seen – a million drops on concrete with no case or screen protector whatsoever – the screen still looked great and felt just as responsive as glass. It had a few light scratches (but my glass screens get those too) and they were not even visible when the phone was on (and could probably be buffed out unlike glass). Best of all, with no case, the phone weighed only 155 grams! Every other phone to me now feels like holding a brick in my hands! They all feel horrible in comparison and like I’m holding a device from 20 years ago instead of a new one! My Z2 Force feels so much more premium in comparison (other than the large bezels and lack of an OLED screen of course).

    The only negative to the plastic screen was it attracted smudges and fingerprints really badly (that could be wiped off easily), but I have to think if they put as much effort into making a plastic that is smudge and scratch proof as they unsuccessfully have into making glass shatterproof with small drops, they would have something much superior to glass. There are even spray coatings that are supposed to eliminate that that I never tried.



  40. Jon on October 7, 2023 at 8:48 am

    If you’ve ever owned an old phone with buttons, you’d know that over time the plastic screen would become scratched up to the point you can’t even read your screen. Rainbowish scratches are the worst



  41. Eidan Micua on October 7, 2023 at 8:50 am

    I have a OPPO A12. poor me the notch



  42. Fringy on October 7, 2023 at 8:50 am

    Lol this video is barely about phone screen glass or plastic. So how ended up as a promo of what phones could be.



  43. Stephen Snell on October 7, 2023 at 8:50 am

    This video is awful and is totally off topic



  44. Miles on October 7, 2023 at 8:51 am

    Profits . That’s why



  45. Shiu Rasheed on October 7, 2023 at 8:51 am

    Plastic: phone just got a level 8 so that phones have plastic in level 9



  46. Kai on October 7, 2023 at 8:51 am

    Wait there’s no android pay so you still have to use credit and debit cards if you use android



  47. Roy Rogers on October 7, 2023 at 8:53 am

    Hi



  48. realEYEZrealizeREALliez on October 7, 2023 at 8:54 am

    so much half truth in here



  49. Farid Nouioua ඞ on October 7, 2023 at 8:57 am

    My phone have glass or plastic? Idk



  50. Leo on October 7, 2023 at 9:02 am

    I dropped my ipad 100 times

    And it literally survived