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Apple exchanged FaceTime pics with blurry ones

hachre

hachre

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Has anyone else noticed this?

Apple seems to have exchanged all pictures showing FaceTime with new ones that are blurry and pixelated.

The first pic is from http://apple.com and the second one is the equivalent from http://apple.com/de where this change hasn't happened yet:

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The pictures have also been changed on the sub pages and basically everywhere FaceTime is shown.

Any clue why?
 
So they have. Just checked the uk site too and they are still the original images, no idea why, perhaps they have had complaints of misleading images?
 
couldn't you tell the quality from the wwdc keynote demo? It wasnt spectacular...those clear pics are basically false advertising, even the "blurry" ones are pushing it.
 
Because come June 24th everyone will know the truth. FaceTime = FailTime.


ahaha.
 
For a more realistic representation? Did you expect it to look perfect :rolleyes:

Can't wait to get my iPhone 4 :D
 
hachre said:
Apple seems to have exchanged all pictures showing FaceTime with new ones that are blurry and pixelated.
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That is ***** shady.

However, they did do the live demo during the keynote, as far as I can remember the video wasn't "notably bad"... seemed good enough.
 
kbade said:
That is ***** shady.

However, they did do the live demo during the keynote, as far as I can remember the video wasn't "notably bad"... seemed good enough.
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Tell me about it! The demo wasn't that bad at all... but it's still not comparable to the more blurry and pixelated changes to the splash page image. Not sure if this can even be attained using the best lighting settings, since it's all VGA.
 
it is blatantly obvious that facetime wont give you CRISP video and there are enough whine-bags out there to threaten lawsuit if their quality of facetime isn't IDENTICAL to that on the Apple site. Apple is covering its ass that's all... makes perfect sense and it completely justifiable.
 
Good catch. I wouldn't worry too much, apple (and others) fill the screen on devices with images all the time that aren't necessarily real world screen shots. Heck, look at the gallery page for the iPhone, those cannot be real pics, what with the perfect glass/gloss lighting, more likely computer generated.
 
yeah i mean its only VGA quality, correrct?

I wouldnt expect it to be that clear in the first place. Its funny because as i was looking at pics of the phone on the day it was on apples site i kept thinking, "These facetime screen shots have got to be edited"

Not that i really care, just sayin

Thats just Steve Jobs's way of doing things, giving consumers what they want - at low quality at first only so he can upgrade it later on so people go buy it again.
 
Simple. Apple is know to bend the truth in their marketing. "Full Internet experience", showing Flashed-based images in ipad advertising, yada yada. It's good their starting to learn to be more truthful.
 
We all know we wont be video chatting in HD for at least 2 more years, from our phones that is....

Apple shouldn't have to use ugly blury pics on it's site. :(

We know its VGA....

now Apples site is less shinny...
 
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