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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by Someone1234 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @10:26AM (#22616986)
With the new keyboard attachment the front camera isn't even at the top of the iPad, it is on the left/right edges. That's a large oversight.

As to video conferencing, it depends on what you're doing. If you're presenting a meeting and are being projected onto a conference room's TV/projector, the quality matters.

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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by e_proxus on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:35AM (#22627848)
My biggest pain point with the iPad camera has always been that it isn't aimed against your face:

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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by endorphone on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @11:54AM (#22618022)
It clearly isn't an oversight. When people hold their pad they predominately use it in portrait mode. When people use it with a keyboard, they want it in landscape mode. This is pretty universal.

And, guessing, I would imagine people use this sans keyboard >95% of the time. So they gear it for that. Or should they put two cameras on it?

I highly doubt Apple was oblivious to this, but there are always compromises.

As to quality, the quality of this camera is equivalent or better than the overwhelming majority of webcams. Maybe people are doing xxx streams or something, but for a corporate meeting this is about three tiers above the average.

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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by frosted-flakes on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @05:43PM (#22621539)
Put it on the corner maybe?
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