They’re going to put iPhone quality cameras to sell you cheap skates. I can see why they’re not motivated to do this. Why not use the incredible camera already on your phone? Seems better than adding $500 to the price of the laptop.
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It is possibly going to be top heavy. Again, Apple has probably thought of this; but reach for something on the other side of the screen, perhaps nudging the camera/mount and just maybe If the Gods aren’t smiling on you -knock everything over.
Or you manage to knock your camera (ahem, expensive iPhone) on to the floor. And you don’t have Applecare or it expired.
Tom, who really doesn’t care about being seen in 720p
Or you manage to knock your camera (ahem, expensive iPhone) on to the floor. And you don’t have Applecare or it expired.
Tom, who really doesn’t care about being seen in 720p
I hope someone makes a mount for us plebeians that still have a non-Magsafe iPhone. My iPhone 11 is going strong.
Heck I wonder if I could adapt one of the mounts that came with the iSight. One of them was Magnetic.
Heck I wonder if I could adapt one of the mounts that came with the iSight. One of them was Magnetic.
All good points. I’m just telling you why people are reacting how they are. It all makes sense but it still seems somehow a little ridiculous in this particular implementation.
Based on is thread, people will apparently complain about everything, including a good free software feature that they don't have to use and a 3rd-party accessory they would never buy.
In her own opinion probably. Rene Poorly and a few of his local followers will likely disagree with your assessment. 😂
This is quite possibly a dumber idea than the Magic Mouse charging port. It looks terrible. This never would have passed the Jobs/Ive smell test.
Suggestion: Integrate a fold-out MagSafe puck into the lid of the notebook so the phone can look like it belongs there, allowing it to rotate from landscape to portrait. Use the front-facing camera and then the phone can be used as a secondary display.
Suggestion: Integrate a fold-out MagSafe puck into the lid of the notebook so the phone can look like it belongs there, allowing it to rotate from landscape to portrait. Use the front-facing camera and then the phone can be used as a secondary display.
Yeah, I’ve been using camo to do exactly this for the past year. I use an old phone so I don’t have to keep mounting/unmounting. wish I had a decent mount (I use a gooseneck gripper) but am too lazy to design+print one. I have the LG ultra fine apple used to sell on their web site.
This thing is a monstrosity.
I thought the charging port of the Magic Mouse or the Apple Pencil charging on the iPad’s lightning or the AirPods max case was the low of apple but this beats them all.
That horrendous phone holder will also ruin the rubber gasket that runs on the edge of the display too in the long run.
If someone else came up with this we would have memes all over the internet but because it’s apple doing it everyone is praising it. Shocking.
I thought the charging port of the Magic Mouse or the Apple Pencil charging on the iPad’s lightning or the AirPods max case was the low of apple but this beats them all.
That horrendous phone holder will also ruin the rubber gasket that runs on the edge of the display too in the long run.
If someone else came up with this we would have memes all over the internet but because it’s apple doing it everyone is praising it. Shocking.
A couple of problems.
This would only work for a short period of time because battery on iPhone will drain.
The latch on the mount could damage the case of the laptop
The mount seems easy to fall off.
I think a much more elegant solution is to embed magsafe magnets into the display panel, and the phone can attach to it, leaving only the cameras out.
That could have challenges on thickness, magnetic interference, etc. but there are already magnets in macbooks so I don’t think that’s much our of reach.
This would only work for a short period of time because battery on iPhone will drain.
The latch on the mount could damage the case of the laptop
The mount seems easy to fall off.
I think a much more elegant solution is to embed magsafe magnets into the display panel, and the phone can attach to it, leaving only the cameras out.
That could have challenges on thickness, magnetic interference, etc. but there are already magnets in macbooks so I don’t think that’s much our of reach.
You know that you can charge the Pencil regularly with the included cable and adapter right? The iPad charging was a nice extra incase you didn't bring your cable.
But since you think that was dumb, what's your proposed solution for charging the pencil if you forgot your cable?
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Hardly anyone puts decent webcams in their computers for the simple matter that video conferencing apps wouldn't take advantage of it. A 4K camera, for instance, is wasted since conferencing apps will stick your picture in a tiny box where resolution doesn't matter. Most PC's will still give you crappy 720p cameras and might give you a 1080p camera.
The biggest reason for crappy cameras is the thickness of laptop lids. Cameras need depth, which is the reason Apple couldn't get beyond 720p for the longest time with the tapered lids too thin to put anything more than those crappy 720p cameras. Once they evened out laptop lids and removed the taper, making the tops slightly thicker, that allowed them to put 1080p cameras in them. If you want a 4K camera, you'll probably need a lid that's twice as thick. iPhones are really thick when compared to laptop lids and can therefore have much better cameras.
If you're taking photos with the front of your monitor and need 4K, then that's just weird.
That one is for macBooks, there's another version which will work with thicker displays.
Don't you love how people bash things because it doesn't work for them or they don't understand the limits of today's technology?
Just because you don't doesn't mean that there are plenty of others out there who will.
Meanwhile NY Guitarist: how dare you give me free options! Gate!
And shortly after iJustine posted a review of an even better camera option - and surprisingly she even said it blew Apple’s out of the water.
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