cover glass
noun
: a piece of very thin glass or plastic used to cover material on a microscope slide
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The front features Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 cover glass, while the rear utilizes the first-generation Victus glass.
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Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
In August, Apple announced a $2.5 billion commitment to Corning to produce all of the cover glass for iPhones and Apple Watches in Corning's Harrodsburg, Kentucky, manufacturing facility.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Manufacturing of certain components like cover glass and some chips will be reshored, rather than final assembly of the phones, which will remain in China—and to a lesser extent India, Belton added.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Through this partnership, all cover glass used on iPhones and Apple Watches sold around the world will be made in the U.S.
Corning currently produces glass for Apple at its Harrodsburg plant.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Aug. 2025
Cook announced that every new iPhone and Apple Watch sold anywhere in the world will contain cover glass made in Kentucky.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
Their layer-by-layer approach can recycle every part of the devices—the cover glass, metal electrodes, perovskite crystal powders, and the charge transport layers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Feb. 2025
Corning also committed to only enforce its patents related to break-resistant cover glass based on patent infringement and not breach of contract.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 25 Nov. 2024
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Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
In August, Apple announced a $2.5 billion commitment to Corning to produce all of the cover glass for iPhones and Apple Watches in Corning's Harrodsburg, Kentucky, manufacturing facility.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Manufacturing of certain components like cover glass and some chips will be reshored, rather than final assembly of the phones, which will remain in China—and to a lesser extent India, Belton added.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Through this partnership, all cover glass used on iPhones and Apple Watches sold around the world will be made in the U.S.
Corning currently produces glass for Apple at its Harrodsburg plant.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Aug. 2025
Cook announced that every new iPhone and Apple Watch sold anywhere in the world will contain cover glass made in Kentucky.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
Their layer-by-layer approach can recycle every part of the devices—the cover glass, metal electrodes, perovskite crystal powders, and the charge transport layers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Feb. 2025
Corning also committed to only enforce its patents related to break-resistant cover glass based on patent infringement and not breach of contract.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 25 Nov. 2024
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cover glass
noun
cov·er glass
ˈkəv-ər-ˌglas 
: a piece of very thin glass or plastic used to cover material on a glass microscope slide
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