Sapphire vs Gorilla Glass - contrast/brightness/reflections

Hi guys,

anyone has seen Fenix 6 with Sapphire and Gorilla Glass next to each other? It is clear that sapphire is more scratch resistant but some people claim that sapphire is darker. I compared my old Fenix 3 sapphire with FR 645 and Fenix 5 with normal glass and I have to say that while there is slight difference under certain angles and lower light ... I would not call this significant at all. Most angles the two screens are near identical. Reflections seems kind of same as well. Anyone has pictures? Is Gorilla glass better from this point of view than the normal mineral glass on previous Garmin watches?

Thanks!

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scotthunter2 over 4 years ago +24 suggested

Decide for yourself. Fenix 6S Pro (left), Fenix 6S Sapphire (right). Both at 80% brightness.
gaijin over 4 years ago in reply to zdj +10

zdj said:
Can't say much about visibility, but sapphire is the second hardest material (after diamond) and the fact that it’s very hard to scratch means that it’s much less likely to break than Gorilla…
ImDisaster over 4 years ago in reply to scotthunter2 +8 suggested

Glass definitely has better contrast and less reflections than sapphire. Black looks blacker. White looks whiter. I had a 5X Plus with sapphire and replaced it with a 6X Pro without. I much prefer the…

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0 guthorsten over 4 years ago

I'm a little bit confused. The corning Page, See link below says 6x pro has corning dx, like the 945, but garmin says IT is corning 3. So what is correct?

0 Volker over 4 years ago in reply to guthorsten

I have written Garmin a note and asked for clarification on their website.

0 guthorsten over 4 years ago in reply to Volker

Thanks

+1 ImDisaster over 4 years ago in reply to scotthunter2

Glass definitely has better contrast and less reflections than sapphire. Black looks blacker. White looks whiter. I had a 5X Plus with sapphire and replaced it with a 6X Pro without. I much prefer the visibility of the glass screen.

0 Volker over 4 years ago in reply to gaijin

On the Corning homepage:

F6 pro: Gorilla Glass 3 (really? why?)

F6 S: Gorilla Glass DX

F6x pro: Gorilla Glass DX

F6: Gorilla Glass DX

0 guthorsten over 4 years ago in reply to Volker

Intresting what garmin would answer. Website says other Glass

0 Volker over 4 years ago in reply to guthorsten

Yes, confusing the whole thing. Garmin/a mod should bring some clarification on this...

0 Loen82 over 4 years ago in reply to Volker

Interesting, I was told that the 6X Pro (Solar) has gorilla glass 3 with DX coating. If it's really DX glass than for me it's a no-brainer and prefer the 6X Pro Solar above the Sapphire.

0 Volker over 4 years ago in reply to Loen82

I personally think that Gorilla Glass DX is only Gorilla Glass (3) with DX coating. So DX is as scratch restistant as Gorilla Glass 3; DX + would be better.

www.corning.com/.../gorilla-glass-dx-dx-plus.html

0 C.sco over 4 years ago in reply to Volker

Does anyone know what the heck DX actually is though?

The website says DX provides scratch resistance, while DX+ provides scratch resistance plus impact resistance. But I can't find any data whatsoever about how either of them are actually made.