Weekly poll results: the rear camera is all that counts, front cams get little love

28 April 2019
Judging by the comments, front-facing cameras are used more for video calling and face unlock than taking selfies.

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Anonymous, 28 Apr 2019Maybe because most tech enthusiasts are ugly xDMaybe they are not narcissist.

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    • Anonymous
    • KS2
    • 28 Apr 2019

    GSMArena please make a sensible polling for purpose of front camera.

      Front cam should be removed. Waste of space and resources.

        [deleted post]If I take a selfie, it is because someone else is there with me. I dont care about myself much as the photos that were taken were taken by me. Logical...

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          • Anonymous
          • nBv
          • 28 Apr 2019

          DroidBoye, 28 Apr 2019Rear full touch screen is always better than any kind of me... moreWrong. Massive expense and complexity in that approach. More things to go wrong and break when you drop the phone. Less room for a bigger battery.

          People go on about the horror of having a moving part, yet they only keep their phones for two years on average. It's a non-issue.

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            • AnonD-731363
            • SH3
            • 28 Apr 2019

            A80 was a good idea to make an rotating camera.
            But this concept should be made by some other company.
            What Samsung creates is worse than dissaster.
            Just look at the fold case.

              Rear full touch screen is always better than any kind of mechanical camera pop-out implementation.

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                • Alex
                • snT
                • 28 Apr 2019

                [deleted post]Actually, people who don't make selfies constantly, are much more happy with and secure about their look.
                The ones who take selfies are insecure with their look, and want to convince themselves and others that they look good.

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                  • nC4
                  • 28 Apr 2019

                  The single (nope, actually double xD) reason over9000MP selfie cameras are moot: https://m.gsmarena.com/meizu_pro_7_plus-8791.php https://m.gsmarena.com/zte_nubia_x-9347.php

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                    • D07
                    • 28 Apr 2019

                    I want a good selfie camera and i take some selfie here and there. But i will always choose better rear camera any day. Thats why the poll is very one sided. Even though we like good rear camera, selfie shooter must also be good. Thats why i didn't buy LG V30+ and goes for Note 8 even though the price of note 8 is more than $200 that of V30+ at that time. I just don't want to stuck in 5mp front camera for the next 2-3 years. Simple as that.

                      I think very few girls are signed in on this blog

                        BTH It's not that surprising. I know a lot of people that do take selfies but they take considerably more pictures with rear facing camera.
                        I use it just for video calls, even face unlocking usually stugles with my oddly shaped mug.

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                          • Hutchi
                          • FMY
                          • 28 Apr 2019

                          I think it's fair to say that the results here don't reflect the majority of smartphone owners, being a site for tech enthusiasts; the vast majority of smartphone owners in my home and office take insane numbers of selfies and I imagine hold it in just as high regard if not higher than the rear camera!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • pvk
                            • 28 Apr 2019

                            Think about that, phone manufacturers, before you put that silly notch inside the screen again.

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                              • Luxor
                              • 70g
                              • 28 Apr 2019

                              Anonymous, 28 Apr 2019Maybe because most tech enthusiasts are ugly xDCan't deny it. If you do this poll in Instagram I bet the result would be total opposite. Pretty sure 90% of the non-tech enthusiast aka self centered people there love the front camera not just for face unlock and video call.

                              PS: They all look pretty and handsome. Lol.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 0xU
                                • 28 Apr 2019

                                Anonymous, 28 Apr 2019Maybe because most tech enthusiasts are ugly xDMaybe because they're not self centered idiots.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 6jr
                                  • 28 Apr 2019

                                  In the real population the opposite is true. Goes to show how out of touch this community (and hence its opinions) are. Sad

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                                    • Gobskhana
                                    • IWR
                                    • 28 Apr 2019

                                    Thank god! Sanity prevails :)

                                      Never use the damn front camera.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 6p$
                                        • 28 Apr 2019

                                        Maybe because most tech enthusiasts are ugly xD