I have never taken a selfie in my entire life. The feature is entirely pointless for me. Are there any smartphones that don’t have a front facing camera?
I have never taken a selfie in my entire life. The feature is entirely pointless for me. Are there any smartphones that don’t have a front facing camera?
It has purpose. The billionaires use it to spy on you
It’s often also used to detect if you’re holding it to your ear, which allows the phone to switch off the screen when you’re in a call.
@Hyperreality @stebo02 no, there are extra proximity sensors for that feature.
~~Not always. More and more phones in the budget range utilize a “virtual” proximity sensor which actually uses the camera for the same function.~~
Painting a small black dot over the front facing camera caused me issues on my previous phone, so I suspect some cameras cheap out on the proximity sensor and use the camera instead.
i thought that was just the gravity sensor (holding the phone vertically vs slightly tilted)
You’re thinking of the gyroscope, but no. Some phones have a dedicated proximity sensor for things like detecting if you’re in a call and have the phone up to your ear, but more and more phones (especially the budget ones) these days use a “virtual” proximity sensor which utilizes the front camera to perform the same function.
that’s interesting… wouldn’t that kind of sensor consume a lot of battery? turning the camera on and off every time you use it, and to determine the distance I assume it’s autofocus?