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I see this argument a lot, but it’s actually a pretty complex trade off. Screen size, target audience (1080p Zoom), cost, sensor size, and pixel size all come
by pnpnp 3y ago
I see this argument a lot, but it’s actually a pretty complex trade off.
Screen size, target audience (1080p Zoom), cost, sensor size, and pixel size all come into play.
You can pump numbers for the sake of it on paper, but the reality is that it’s very hard to cram a good image sensor into a laptop screen in an economic way. There’s unfortunately just not enough real estate as thin as they are.
Meanwhile, phones are quite a bit thicker & cameras are a huge selling point. Plus, almost everyone has one. It makes sense that if you want higher quality video on your computer, you’d use the other device which has video higher up on the design priority list.
- munk-a 3y ago> There’s unfortunately just not enough real estate as thin as they are. Darn, one piece of marketing BS getting in the way of other marketing BS. Yea, 1080p is plenty high res enough for your work meetings and family calls - but users don't really care about the thin aspect, we care about weight. Getting better key depth on laptops in exchange for a modicum of extra width is a deal I'd take any day of the week... and that'd allow far better cooling engineering and for a few more bulky components.
- afiori 3y agoIn the context of cameras thickness is of the screen, not of the laptop as a whole
- OJFord 3y agoI think that was just another example, since key depth obviously has nothing to do with camera image sensor resolution.
- makeitdouble 3y agoThere is no physical restriction preventing the screen from getting thicker though. At the end of the day it's a trade-off Apple is taking.
- afiori 3y agoyes, but a thicker laptop has a lot of advantages, a thicker monitor only a few.
- cpuguy83 3y agoThe TV industry would like to have a word with you. :) Aesthetics is a thing and people love thin screens. Beyond pure aesthetics thickness absolutely does matter when you are sticking your laptop into a backpack.
- matt-attack 3y agoThey just need a thick camera like the iPhone 15 Pro but then just create a hole for it by the track pad.
- high_priest 3y agoImagine the gunk collection in said hole. Yuck!