iPad 2 Glass Is Thinner But Stronger Than Original iPad?s

A series of stress tests show that Apple?s new iPad 2 has significantly stronger glass than its predecessor, even though it?s 27 percent thinner.

Shown in the video above, repair company iFixYouri.com tested the flexibility of the screens by propping them on two wooden blocks elevated one or two inches high and pressing down on them with a wooden plank. The iPad 2?s screen survived when bent from both elevations, but the iPad 1?s screen broke when flexed from one inch high.

Finally, the iFixYouri tester had to break the iPad 2?s glass with his own hands. Brutal.

?That glass was redonkulously strong!? an iFixYouri engineer says in the video.

It?s impressive how much progress glassmakers have made between just the first- and second-generation iPads. Perhaps our dreams of flexible digital displays aren?t too far off.

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