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Epiphron

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Jul 25, 2010
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why hasn't apple updated this? i feel like it wouldn't be that hard considering many android phones have 1-2mp already. with everything else in such high quality, this part always left me wondering why apple took the cheap way out.
 
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They figure it is used only for video chat so the bandwidth needed to send high quality video for that would cause it to freeze and slow down.

Little do they know most people use the front facing camera to take pictures of themselves for their Facebook page.
 
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