What is Dragontrail Glass & List of Smartphones using it
Like Gorilla glass Dragontrail glass is also a very hard, scratch resistant alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass that was launched in the year 2011. It is manufactured by a Japanese company Asahi Glass Co., therefore it is also called Asahi Dragontrail glass or AGC Dragontrail glass.
Dragontrail Glass
Dragontrail glass is relatively new in the market as compared to Gorilla glass. It is a very good and durable product both in terms of quality and performance. Some says that it is even stronger or tougher than the Gorilla glass. This means that it will prove to be a good competitor of the Gorilla Glass. The main properties of Dragontrail glass is its thinness, scratch resistance and hardness. Its Vickers hardness test rating is 595 to 673.
How Dragontrail Glass in Manufactured?
It is manufactured by using a highly efficient float process.
Dragontrail Glass Float Process
Main Features of Asahi Dragontrail Glass
- Scratch Resistant
- Very Tough to Break
- Very Thin and Lightweight glass
- Very Durable Glass
- Environmental Friendly Glass – Does not contain lead, arsenic and antimony
There is no doubt that Dragontrail glass is a superior product if we compare it to the Corning Gorilla Glass that is already in the business and is widely used in some of the top notch smartphones, tablets and laptops. But there are only limited number of smartphones in the market that are using Dragontrail glass. In future we can expect to see Dragontrail glass being used more on smartphones, tablets and laptops in near future as it is already gaining popularity.
Comparison of Dragontrail Glass and Gorilla Glass
What is Dragontrail X Glass?
Dragontrail X Glass is an advanced and improved version of Dragontrail glass. Dragontrail X glass is 30% stronger than the normal Dragontrail glass and 8 times stronger than normal sodalime glass. Dragontrail X glass is more suitable cover glass for high-end mobile devices that includes Smartphones, Tablet, PC and Wearable devices. Here are the features of Dragontrail X Glass.
Features of Dragontrail X Glass
- Highly Scratch Resistant
- High Compression Stress available
- Highly Crack–Resistant
- Can be Available in large sizes
- Available in variety of thickness
Dragontrail Glass vs. Dragontrail X Glass Comparison
Here is the difference between Dragontrail glass and Dragontrail X glass.
| Dragontrail Glass | Dragontrail X Glass | |
| Strength | 6 times stronger than normal sodalime glass | 8 times stronger than sodalime glass and 30% more stronger than Dragontrail glass |
| Scratch Resistance | Good Resistance to Scratches | Highly Scratch Resistant |
| Thickness | Thin glass, Various thickness | Various thickness |
| Stress tolerance | Good | High, More Compression Stress available as compared to Dragontrail Glass. |
| Usage | Mobile devices | High-end mobile devices |
Learn about Dragontrail Pro Glass
List of Smartphones with Dragontrail Glass
Here is the list of some smartphones that are using AGC / Asahi Dragontrail glass at the moment. Dragontrail glass phones list includes:
Aquaris E4.5
Aquaris E5
ARCHOS 55 Diamond
Celkon Millennia Ufeel
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)
Sony Xperia Z
Sony Ericsson Xperia active
Sony Xperia Z1
Sony Xperia Z2
Sony Xperia Z3
Swipe Elite Note
Xiaomi MI2
Galaxy Nexus
Gionee F103
XOLO Q1000
XOLO Q1010i
XOLO 8X-1000
XOLO Win Q900s
XOLO Q900s
XOLO LT2000
XOLO Cube 5.0
XOLO Win Q900s
InnJoo 2
InnJoo Max 2
i-mobile IQ6 smartphones
Intex Aqua Speed HD
Intex Aqua 4G+
Intex Aqua S7
Intex Aqua Ring
Intex Aqua Xtreme
Intex Cloud 4G Star
Intex Cloud Swift
Karbonn Titanium Moghul
Karbonn Titanium S205
Kult 10
Lenovo A7000
Lava Iris 504Q
Lava Iris 504Q+
Lava Iris Pro 30+
Lava Iris X1 Selfie
Lava Fuel 50
Lava Iris Icon
Lava Iris X8
Lava Pixel V1
Meizu m2 note
Panasonic Eluga Switch
Panasonic Eluga Turbo (on back panel)
Panasonic Eluga Arc 2
Panasonic Eluga Mark 2
Fairphone
Swipe Elite Plus
Lyf Flame 6
Lyf Flame 7
Lyf Water 7
Lyf Wind 1
LYF Water 4
LYF Water 6
Xiaomi Redmi 1S
Xiaomi Redmi 2
Yu Yureka Plus
Videocon Krypton V50FG
Videocon Z55 Dash
Videocon Z55 Krypton
Zen Desire Strong
Zen Desire Admire
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very nice glass,
but highly rated
Hi sir,
Please suggest me best company gorilla glass or dragon trail glass for my acer z630s mobile.
If available mention in which place or from which website, i can buy it.
Gorilla glass and Dragontrail glass cannot be purchased separately. You need a a good tempered glass screen protector which can give you almost same protection as gorilla or dragontrail glass. Read here on how to find it https://www.akshatblog.com/use-glass-screen-protectors-for-phones-without-gorilla-glass/
I have a samsung J3 (2016). Is this has a asashi dragontail glass on it? Pls response asap.tnx
Yes it has dragontrail glass.
Tnx much sir for the answer.i really appreciated it.
Hi, do you know in which country is produced the dragontrail glass mounted on the j3? Thanks a lot!
dragontrail glass is from japan
whats is the maximum size in dragontrail available and in what thickness variety dragontrail x is available
Size and thickness varies and it depends on the device. The thickness is nearly same as of Gorilla Glass 4
Hello sir
How is the Dragontrail Glass on Injoo Max 2 like?
It is quite good and offers decent level of protection.
Have you seen the phone before?
No but i know about the dragontrail glass.
Kindly suggest all dragontrail X mobiles list.
It is already there in the post. It is mixed up because manufactures just specify dragontrail glass only.
I have Xiaomi redmi 3s … It has dragontrail glass ?
No it has no protection
Thanks for kind reply
Means i have to much take care of display from scratches
Yes or you can use a good quality tempered glass screen protector over your screen https://www.akshatblog.com/use-glass-screen-protectors-for-phones-without-gorilla-glass/
Hi,
The samsung x cover 4 have already the Dragontrail glass?
Thanks in advance
No info on the official site.
Akshat,
Do you know the market share of the cover glass market between Corning, AGC, and other companies? I’ve been scouring the internet to no avail.
Thank you,
Collin
Sorry i dont know.
Does Lava Agni 3 have dragon trail glass?
I don’t think so because it is not mentioned anywhere.