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4GB iPhone with Video iChat?

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I kid you not. Every deaf and hard of hearing person in America will buy this solely for the video conferencing feature to see each other signing. Do you all know that there are an estimated 32+ million people in America with hearing loss. This equals mega bucks for Apple and AT&T!
 
dagamer34 said:
The bandwidth for something like video chat simply doesn't exist right now, especially upload speed which is at a premium.
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Video calling on cell phones has been available in Europe and most of the world for few years now (I believe AT&T has it too). I don't why it should be problem over 3G data connection with more than enough bandwidth. The resolution and quality is no where near actual computers and 3G connection is required.
 
sonnyjames said:
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I kid you not. Every deaf and hard of hearing person in America will buy this solely for the video conferencing feature to see each other signing. Do you all know that there are an estimated 32+ million people in America with hearing loss. This equals mega bucks for Apple and AT&T!
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i had not even thought about that. its an endless pot of gold for both companies. thats reason enough for apple to put the camera on there
 
1Zach1 said:
So they are going to either 1: Add a front facing camera, yet not up the MP on the other camera which seems really weird 2: Expect people to use the regular camera for video calling....I just don't get it
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Well, since this would be an entry level phone, Apple would presumably keep a cheaper camera in to help keep costs low. I would expect the larger capacity versions to employ the rumored higher MP cameras.
 
this is insane, are we going back to 2007 or something? $99 + 3 year contract for this?
 
Why does Apple keep decreasing their memory space, but then they upgrade their bitrate? I don't get it.
 
dagamer34 said:
The bandwidth for something like video chat simply doesn't exist right now, especially upload speed which is at a premium.
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in europe we have had video calling on mobile phones for years. the US is behind in mobile networking technology.
 
I really hope the regular prices aren't sky high like they are now. I really want to get a newer phone...

Maybe AT&T will be nice to us? :D
 
I would love to see a front facing camera I'm planning on getting an iPhone at the end of the year and it would be amazing to have it included. Here in Australia we have had video calling on cellular networks for years and this would be a nice incentive for people who use it a lot.
 
lol I bet money that there will be no front facing camera or iChat, I think we will say that in 2011 though

I HOPE I eat my words though
 
dagamer34 said:
The bandwidth for something like video chat simply doesn't exist right now, especially upload speed which is at a premium.
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Well AT&T says their upgrading their network and they banned so many video streaming apps that it's possible. I also don't think many people would use it (at least for video calling).
 
keenan wolf said:
they wouldnt put an original iphone on there road map. why would they?
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As a place holder for the actual product, thus not to give away any information ahead of time. This really isn't that difficult of a concept, I'm utterly flabbergasted that anyone would have trouble understanding it.
 
The General said:
As a place holder for the actual product, thus not to give away any information ahead of time. This really isn't that difficult of a concept, I'm utterly flabbergasted that anyone would have trouble understanding it.
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its not real!!!! theres no way there is going to be an iphone with 4gb of memory and a front camera. maybe 4gb but definetly not with a camera.
 
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