iPhone 4 and FaceTime Launched 15 Years Ago Today

[RealE]

audio FaceTime is fantastic. I wish that was just the default calling between iPhones.

100% this. It really should be, in the same way that texting defaults to iMessage between iPhones.

 

[macduke]

I actually miss those bumper cases and wish Apple would bring them back!

 

[Rychiar]

100% this. It really should be, in the same way that texting defaults to iMessage between iPhones.

what sucks is it's not even super easy to access right now

 

[Macbookey]

FaceTime means a lot to a lot of people. Parents and Grandparents separated from children by geography, people in careers that require travel and time lost with the ones they love the most, soldiers off to war or military training, being at shop and trying to get the right thing the first time. So little value placed on the expression of a loved one’s face and the sound of their voice, and the trend of text and cutesy graphics being the cool and preferred and “modern” way. Recently saw a tv broadcast of a teen that couldn’t figure out how a close friend committed suicide because they asked how they were doing in text message and received an “I’m fine” in return.

Time guarantees that you will miss the look and sound of them when they are gone. Maybe one should consider the value of that some more and take advantage of it while you can. Thank you Apple for bringing a sci-fi fantasy to life in the way that you did with the iPhone 4.