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0 pointsmartin_a6y ago0 comments

Oh boy, don't nail me down on the numbers but look at the image quality some of those front facing cameras can get you: https://www.dxomark.com/the-best-smartphone-front-cameras-of...

And we're mostly stuck with blurry pixel mess in devices which cost several times the price of a smartphone.

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josteink6y ago· 2 in thread

> And we're mostly stuck with blurry pixel mess in devices which cost several times the price of a smartphone.

It’s not that black and white.

These days you can get $200 laptops and $2000 smart-phones.

martin_aOP6y ago

Well, as written in another comment: A brand new $4000 MacBook Pro will come with a lousy 720p front facing camera, while some used smartphone for $200 might be able to provide you with a better image quality.

lonelappde6y ago

720 is more than plenty of resolution. That's midway between DVD video and Blu-Ray. Resolution is not a major factor image quality. Lens and light sensitivity is.

yjftsjthsd-h6y ago

Wow, I didn't realize that phones had come so far. I'm using budget phones with 2MP front cameras still; sorta missed where the market had gone.

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