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I also thought about this but then look at the iPad and iPhone Facetime cameras. They offer much better image quality than Macbook webcams. There are a few ways
by llampx 6y ago
I also thought about this but then look at the iPad and iPhone Facetime cameras. They offer much better image quality than Macbook webcams. There are a few ways to offer "rear camera" quality on Macbooks, like having a little bump sticking out from the back. I don't think that's what people are asking for though. They just want a webcam that's as good as the webcam in their phone.
Also this doesn't answer the question of why USB webcams are so terrible. They have tons of room.
- solarkraft 6y agoThose devices are significantly thicker that a MacBook display. I could imagine a bump towards the front that would sink into the body when closed, but doing it in a way that looks and feels good also seems rather hard - but also harder to avoid should they want to implement things such as face id.
- llampx 6y agoI guess we'll never know until we have the front camera assemblies from both sitting side by side.
- djrogers 6y agoFortunately this is the Internet. You can see those parts plenty of places - like ifixit for example. Yes, the front facing cameras on iPhones are thicker than what would fit in a current MacBook display. Honestly though, I think the real reason webcams on laptops suck is that until recently 95% of people didn't use them 99% of the time.
- ksec 6y agoThe iPhone Front Facing Camera Module is already thicker than the whole MacBook Pro Screen + Glass + Casing.
- floatingatoll 6y agoThat improvement in image quality requires Apple Cortex CPUs due to Apple’s implementation strategies for cameras. I expect Apple will update the cameras in future laptop models as Apple Silicon arrives fully across their product lines, likely using the same package from their phones.