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So, no, I don’t consider this in any way to be a dealbreaker.
And youtube videos.
I agree that 4K can be considered excessive, but 1080p would be the appropriate resolution in 2019 for a high end machine.
The laptop is already expensive. You want to make it even more expensive by adding a webcam that will undouactually cares about that kind of thing?
In these situations, a higher resolution camera wouldn't hurt. A better mic is higher priority though, so I'm happy to see that in the specs.
Exactly. I would prefer a 200p camera.
Really? Which button do I click on Zoom or Hangouts or Skype to make that happen?
Don’t know about the other two.
Why should Apple put a top of the line camera on it? Is the new Mac Pro worth less because it doesn’t have a camera at all?
Fair enough. But for some people it might be.
It is much more comfortable to perform video calls via laptop than via phone because a phone typically needs to be held in position manually. Therefore, I believe that most people would, if given a choice, prefer to use a laptop for video calls.
Also, people might actually want their video to have high resolution. For whatever reason. Even to show their facial flaws. Not providing them an option to do that, despite the fact that the required hardware is cheap and available, is an unnecessary restriction.
Finally, if a high resolution camera was included and someone would not want to use that high resolution, they can simply switch the camera to a lower resolution mode.
There are plenty of premium and luxury laptops at that price point that have HD cameras, and they don't prevent you from running unauthorized software[1].
Even the Surface has better cameras.
In fact, if a phone really wanted to take good pictures (and not just market 'megapixels') they'd have focus, light balance, shutter speed controls. About all they can do is take still portraits.
Any high-end smartphone can manually control the focus, white balance, shutter speed and shoot RAW. On the iPhone you need a third-party app to access it, but plenty of Android devices include that in their default camera.
