Obviously not the back camera. And I doubt the FaceTime, and why should it? It's just a videoconferencing camera. It wouldn't need to be higher resolution than the screen on which it's projecting.
As far as I know, facetime is also for videoconference. So at least it should be at the same level as the iphone facetime camera!
And although it doesn't need a higher resolution than the screen on which it is projecting (it would already be a quite high resolution on the rMBP), there is much room to improve: make the camera less laggy for example, more fluid, idk, just make the image quality better. Don't you think its would be so much more enjoyable to videocall with your kids and get a video quality as good as good as what is displayed on mac advertisement?
They should match the quality of the video to iOS devices but it's probably not a high priority item for them as there are alternative options for people who want better quality:
If it ended up adding $50 for everyone and only benefits say 10% of the users, it's not really worth doing. Unlike with a communications device, it's not really an important feature for a laptop.
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Obviously not the back camera. And I doubt the FaceTime, and why should it? It's just a videoconferencing camera. It wouldn't need to be higher resolution than the screen on which it's projecting.
As far as I know, facetime is also for videoconference. So at least it should be at the same level as the iphone facetime camera!
And although it doesn't need a higher resolution than the screen on which it is projecting (it would already be a quite high resolution on the rMBP), there is much room to improve: make the camera less laggy for example, more fluid, idk, just make the image quality better. Don't you think its would be so much more enjoyable to videocall with your kids and get a video quality as good as good as what is displayed on mac advertisement?
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Hum...
Bump, am I the only one who wanna chat with his family with a video quality similar to what we can see on the advertisement?
Why nobody sue apple for a lying commercial.
Yes.
They should match the quality of the video to iOS devices but it's probably not a high priority item for them as there are alternative options for people who want better quality:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Widescreen-Calling-Recording-960-000764/dp/B006JH8T3S
If it ended up adding $50 for everyone and only benefits say 10% of the users, it's not really worth doing. Unlike with a communications device, it's not really an important feature for a laptop.