Second-Generation Microsoft Band Has Curved OLED Screen, Gorilla Cover Glass
The second-generation Microsoft Band wearable fitness activity tracker has a curved OLED screen and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 cover glass, Lindsey Matese, senior communications manager-Microsoft Band and Health, told a New York media briefing Tuesday where Microsoft’s introduction of its…
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Surface Book laptop garnered most headlines (see 1510060029). “When we set out to design this version, we had a couple of design principles, optimized for the individual who goes to work and enjoys working out,” Matese said. Microsoft wanted to make its second-generation wearable “breathable and flexible,” with no “hard edges” and no “rigidity in any direction,” she said. “Above all,” she said, Microsoft required that the device “must curve nicely around the wrist,” she said. “We figured out a way to optimize the screen size, and we redesigned the screen itself so it curves.” With Gorilla Glass 3, “the OLED screen is scratch-resistant and optimized to be more responsive to touch, which is amazing,” she said. Gorilla Glass has a trademarked feature called “Native Damage Resistance,” a Corning fact sheet says. Gorilla Glass 3, fashioned from alkali-aluminosilicate, is thin-sheet glass “that is better able to survive the real-world events that most commonly cause glass failure,” it said. “With its new core composition, this glass enables improved damage resistance and toughness by helping to prevent the deep chips and scratches that cause glass to break.” Microsoft Band’s curved OLED display measures 32x12.8 mm and features 320x128 resolution, a Microsoft fact sheet said. The device’s lithium-polymer battery can power the wearable for 48 hours on a full 90-minute charge, it said.