That's to upsell their new iPhone feature where you can use your iphone as your camera instead. More seriously, there just isn't room in the 2-3mm thick screen

That's to upsell their new iPhone feature where you can use your iphone as your camera instead. More seriously, there just isn't room in the 2-3mm thick screen to put a better camera and lens. I'd also note that megapixels aren't everything. My nearly decade-old Logitech C920 will run circles around the webcam in any laptop webcam I've seen.