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It will be really successful when you can video chat with any device whether it's an iPhone, Mac, Windows, Android, anything. And when it works over 3G.

• a4agarwal 16y ago
  I agree, and it will do that eventually. They are making it an open standard so it can be integrated into other devices. And i'm confident the 3G limitation is temporary
  • ZeroGravitas 16y ago
    They could of course have added support for the the existing standard that would have let them talk the the literally millions of exiting phones with this feature.
• henrikschroder 16y ago
  No it won't be successful this time either. The reason video calls aren't replacing voice calls has never been technical, it's always been social.
  • swombat 16y ago
    I make video calls all the time via Skype with both friends and family. The reasons I never picked up phone video calls was because 1) they rarely worked properly, 2) they required compatible handsets (see 1), 3) they were several times more expensive than normal voice calls. This solves all 3 of these problems. Almost everyone I care to talk to (other than my parents) has an iPhone and will be getting the iPhone 4.
    • henrikschroder 16y ago
      Video calls have their (limited) uses, but they will never be succesful, they will never overtake voice calls, and Apple has shown absolutely nothing that hasn't been available for years in Europe or Asia. We've had 3G video calls for years. Almost all cellphones except the bottom range have it, all carriers support it, there has been massive advertising campaigns and hype about it when it was introduced, it was the whole point of switching to 3G, and yet it's a massive flop. I'm sure you and your friends will be very happy getting it, there are always exceptions, but video calls will never surpass voice calls in mass-market popularity, they won't even come close.
      • swombat 16y ago
        Did anyone claim video calls would surpass voice calls? I don't think even Apple made such a claim.