what is the point of a front facing camera?

[Phil A.]

Wirelessly posted (iPod touch 32GB: Mozilla/5.0 (webOS/1.4.1; U; en-GB) AppleWebKit/532.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/1.0 Safari/532.2 Pre/1.0)

I would love to be able to see my daughter and wife while on business trips.

that's exactly the use I made of video calls in the uk when the 3G network first launched: I spent a lot of time away on business and it was fantastic to actually see my wife and daughter whilst I was away. It never really took off though (possibly because the calls didn't come out of your allowance and cost a fortune) and less and less phones are coming out with front facing cameras now

 

[thecheda]

Agreed

I just don't get it..will you guys really video conference in the middle of a street or at home? I find this appeal to be kind of gimmicky and i'd probably use it once and then get bored of it (like chat roulette). I might totally be wrong but makes we wonder.

Personally, I'd rather have a slimmer and better form factor phone than cramming another camera.

just wondering, of course it's just an opinion lol

I feel like it would be awkward to videoconference on your tiny phone. What's the point. Just take out your laptop and suck it up.

 

[Maverick1337]

Chatroulette the iPhone app, duh.

Wait that's not what everyone's first thought was?

 

[custom875]

keep the cam and give me something useful like extra battery life

 

[btcutter]

keep the cam and give me something useful like extra battery life

more available bandwidth.......pretty please!

 

[Arushan]

there purposing of putting a camera in the front of the new iphone?
(i dont know thats why im asking)