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?

      • yunggwailo
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        91 year ago

        look, if you cant figure out what to do with holes thats your problem

        • Bob
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          11 year ago

          Instructions unclear, dick stuck in charging port

      • stebo
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        41 year ago

        It has purpose. The billionaires use it to spy on you

        • Hyperreality
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          41 year ago

          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.

            • onepinksheep
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              ~~Not always. More and more phones in the budget range utilize a “virtual” proximity sensor which actually uses the camera for the same function.~~

          • stebo
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            i thought that was just the gravity sensor (holding the phone vertically vs slightly tilted)

            • onepinksheep
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              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.

              • stebo
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                21 year ago

                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?

  • Maharashtra
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    171 year ago

    Just don’t use it, or put some sticker on it.

      • Maharashtra
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        161 year ago

        You’re not. You’re getting it as a free bonus to the personal pocket computer that also has all the phone functions and some more.

          • @[email protected]
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            111 year ago

            Not sure why it bothers you so much. Any benefit you’d have by not having it is practically negated by your limited choices for phones.

            • @[email protected]OP
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              21 year ago

              Like I said, it’s a feature I never use. The selfie camera is completely pointless for me and I’d rather not have it.

              • @[email protected]
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                91 year ago

                This is like saying you don’t want an apartment/house with a bathtub because you don’t take baths. Most people choose based on features they want regardless if it has one feature they won’t use. It’s just not generally worth the tradeoff of limiting your options when it’s such a common feature. If you absolutely can’t use a phone with a front facing camera though, then good luck with your search (genuine, not sarcastic).

                • @[email protected]OP
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                  -11 year ago

                  I think it’s more like putting selfie cameras in computer monitors. That would also be a completely useless feature for me.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Some banking apps are asking for live-selfies for authentication, so it’s not entirely useless.

          • Maharashtra
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            21 year ago

            Put a sticker on it and pretend it does not exist.

  • Domi
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    101 year ago

    Not exactly the same but I bought a used OnePlus 7 Pro when they started cutting holes in my display.

    It has a pop up selfie camera so you can a) see when it is active and b) don’t have any notches on your screen.

    Also makes for a great party gag.

    • ZeroTemp
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      51 year ago

      I miss my OnePlus 7 Pro for this and for just being an all around amazing phone. It’s a shame OnePlus didn’t continue with that pop up selfie cam on their devices.

    • @DustyNipples
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      41 year ago

      I wish the popup feature went mainstream, I too dislike a peephole in my screen.

      I wonder if they didn’t catch on because it made spying on people more difficult.

      • Domi
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        21 year ago

        I assume most people don’t care about a notch for the front facing camera so OnePlus didn’t continue it since it adds complexity.

        • @DustyNipples
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          21 year ago

          You are most likely correct, it’s a mechanism that can fail. Apple normalised notches and people buy them no matter what, so the others follow.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I’m typing this on my Xiaomi Mi9T which also has a popup camera. This phone is on its last legs, I’m not looking forward to having to get a new one with a typical selfie camera. A popup camera just makes so much more sense.

      • Domi
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        11 year ago

        Maybe get one used? I replaced the battery and backplate on mine and it’s like new.

  • @pm_me_your_trash
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    101 year ago

    How about the Asus Zenfone 7 Pro it had a flip around camera which made the normal camera the selfie cam aswell. Or maybe the Xiaomi Mi 9T not really without a front camera but it had a pop up camera so you won’t see it when you don’t use it.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      61 year ago

      They look pretty interesting, but they were released 3-4 years ago. Is there anything more recent?

      • CrystalEYE
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        @between2boobies
        @pm_me_your_trash
        I am currently using the Xiaomi Mi 9T for the exact reason that it was one of the last phones to not have a hole in the display for the camera.
        Yes, Xiaomi stopped giving it software updates, but you can install Lineage OS if you want to upgrade to newer Android versions.
        Apart from that the phone still runs very smooth with everyday use and there is not much I am missing.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    I use my front facing camera to see under things all the time. It’s very useful, even though I don’t take selfies. I’m an engineer though so I probably spend more time looking under things than most.

    • @specfreq
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      11 year ago

      Why buy a mirror with a light when you have one in your pocket!

    • CarlsIII
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      41 year ago

      If we’re lucky, someone might eventually invent some sort of reflective wall we can look at

      • @totallynotarobot
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        41 year ago

        Personally I don’t always carry a mirror but snark noted

      • @totallynotarobot
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        41 year ago

        A mirror is a thing I don’t always have in my pocket. My phone, however…

        ITT: people who are never more than 2’ from a mirror, apparently. Wtf y’all live and work in fucking Versailles?

  • kratoz29
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    61 year ago

    My phone, Poco F2 Pro has a motorized selfie camera, and as I barely use it it is almost as if it didn’t have one.

    It is awesome to have a full display of 6.67" with no notches or punch holes of any sort.

    • speck
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      21 year ago

      In a similar vein, the One Plus has a selfie camera which retracts. For all intents and purposes as close as you’ll get

      • @[email protected]
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        The retractable cameras are fun, as you always know when an app uses it.

        I’ve had it two times now, that I sat on the shitter and wanted to search something on the builtin chrome browser, and voila! Front cam pops up!

        Wasn’t even anything with video or images.

        • @ladymethis
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          My pixel has a setting that displays a green dot in the notification/status bar whenever an app is utilizing my camera/microphone. And I can disable that for each app that I don’t want to access my camera.

        • YMS
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          I believe it’s only the 7 Pro and the 7T Pro, and I also believe they’re both no longer sold and out of support.

  • DessertStorms
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    I was actually looking for the same thing - having a camera constantly pointing at me gives me anxiety (to the point where I’ve perfected the “cover hold” where I always have part of my thumb covering it), but gave up when I realised the compromises on other features I would need to make in order to get a phone without one (in the case of the Poco F2 Pro - an IP rating).

    So I bought a “regular” phone and I’m now instead waiting for a delivery of some vinyl camera cover stickers, you can get them pretty cheap online (if you want to avoid amazon you might need to look a little harder, but they are available). My only concern is the other sensors in the camera notch that might be impacted (the always on display thinking the phone is in bag/facing down and not displaying for example), but am hoping I can find workarounds for those issues.

    Privacy in general isn’t something phone manufacturers are going to be catering for since they make a ton of their money selling data and/or access to it, so it’d be counterproductive in their eyes.

    Which I know isn’t really what you were asking, but I thought I’d let you know in case you came to a similar conclusion as me.

    • FaceDeer
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      You could go to a cell phone repair joint and ask them to physically disconnect the camera’s data connections, or if that’s not easy (perhaps it’s soldered directly onto the motherboard) they could break the camera for you in a controlled manner. Probably wouldn’t cost much for an expert to shove a needle into exactly the right place.

  • @cccc
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    31 year ago

    It’s not smart but I remember there used to be a flip model of LG than had the camera in the hinge and you could roll it to either side.

  • livus
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    21 year ago

    I know the Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 Lite didn’t have one but it’s an old phone.

  • OrkneyKomodo
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    -41 year ago

    Unfortunately, the target market is largely one of narcissists.

    • @ABCDE
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      131 year ago

      Or, I actually like to take a photo of myself and my partner somewhere without having to ask someone once in a while.