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> Does a $2500 PC have a better camera than a MacBook Pro Even the cheapest Galaxy S phones have a better front-facing camera than a 2020 MacBook Pro. 720p is

> Does a $2500 PC have a better camera than a MacBook Pro Even the cheapest Galaxy S phones have a better front-facing camera than a 2020 MacBook Pro. 720p is less than one megapixel. Other PC makers have the same problem. https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/laptop-webcam-showdown-macbook-air-dell-xps-theyre-pretty-bad/415D393C-4320-442B-974D-1887E20C057F https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-techn... The only justification I can think of for having such a cheap webcam is that it takes less battery power to process low-res streaming video at lower frame rates.

acdha 6y ago
How thick is the MacBook Pro lid compared to that phone — especially when you factor in curvature & the screen hardware? I think the discrepancy is mostly explained by cameras being a feature which phone buyers pay a LOT of attention to, whereas it was an afterthought for most laptop users prior to 2020 while thinness was a marketing goal, and don't forget that laptop buyers pay the full price up front while a LOT of people pay for their “free” phones monthly. I'm not in any way excusing the crappy hardware — my iPhone 6S should not be a better webcam than anything built-in or on the normal market now — but I think this is a pretty expected outcome of market forces reflecting buyers' priorities.