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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by rsynnott on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:49PM (#22619320)
This seems like a dubious explanation; you can get quite high-quality external webcams that use USB 2.0.

I'd say a more likely (and harder to fix) explanation is that the phone ones can be deeper; laptop ones have to be very slim to fit.

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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by tachyonbeam on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @04:55PM (#22621153)
It could just be a question of pricing. Maybe high quality phone cameras are available for very cheap, while USB 2.0 cameras with good image quality are not available for cheap from any vendors. There might not be any rational reason why this is beyond offer and demand.
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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by ksec on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @07:06PM (#22622417)
Exactly. You want thinner bezel, slimmer Screen, and the trade off is simply the camera. Unfortunately there doesn't seems to be enough interest in it for Apple to innovate.
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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by jandrese on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @11:29PM (#22624137)
They could put a notch into the Macbook screen. /s
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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by rsynnott on Thursday March 19, 2020 @07:38AM (#22626510)
DO NOT GIVE TIM COOK IDEAS.
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