I discovered this week the ultimate reason for a front-facing camera. No, it wasn’t for a Skype call, or Facetime, or to take a profile picture for a website. See, I was sitting at my desk, eating an everything bagel for lunch, when I had a business associate drop in unexpectedly. Great, except I’d just been eating a bagel full of seeds, and I didn’t want to embarrass myself with a big old poppy seed in my teeth. And the bathrooms in my office are in the hallway past the lobby, so I couldn’t escape to check.
My solution? I fired up my iPhone camera, switched to front view, checked to make sure I was presentable, and then had a successful meeting. If the iPhone could dispense breath mints it would be the perfect business companion!
Have you come up with a creative way to use the iPhone camera? Let us know in the comments!
Ha! I had a similar realization! Well, actually it was my girlfriend that suggested it to me…I still cant believe I didn’t think of it. Anyway, we were at a store and I was trying on hats (for the winter) and they didn’t have any mirrors around. I was getting a little annoyed when my girlfriend suggested that I just use my phones front facing camera. Worked like a charm!
I can’t tell you how many times I have done this. 😉 Great tip! =)
“Have you come up with a creative way to use the iPhone camera?”
Could have sworn I saw a front-facing camera on my neighbor’s Nexus S…
Touché!
Pity our poor WinPhone brethren, though, forever doomed to have spinach stuck in their teeth!
Ha! I have a friend who works for Microsoft, next time he goes on about Windows Phone I am SO bringing that up.
But make sure he isn’t carrying an HTC Titan, Radar, or Samsung Focus, or else you’ll have to check your phone for some egg on your face!
I use the rear camera and light to trace wires and find lost toys inside a cramped media cabinet
I agree – but the utility of a rear camera is not really in question. You often hear some folks (say in response to Nokia skipping a FFC) say it is useless … which is not true.