cover glass
noun
: a piece of very thin glass or plastic used to cover material on a microscope slide
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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.
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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
And even without a potential foldable iPhone, Lens Tech can likely benefit from selling cover glass for this year's iPhone 17 which is expected to offer a slimmer design.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 July 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
The design and build are similar, there's Gorilla Glass 3 on the cover glass, which isn't as scratch-resistant as the glass on pricier Pixels, but at least the rear is a plastic composite that won't crack.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
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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
And even without a potential foldable iPhone, Lens Tech can likely benefit from selling cover glass for this year's iPhone 17 which is expected to offer a slimmer design.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 July 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
The design and build are similar, there's Gorilla Glass 3 on the cover glass, which isn't as scratch-resistant as the glass on pricier Pixels, but at least the rear is a plastic composite that won't crack.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Cover glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20glass. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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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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