I know I would definitely get use out of the front facing camera. I think it's a great feature. The screen for me is just the nature of the business.. technology advances and it gets shoved into new products..
if they can add features and not bump the cost, why not? that's the way it works, tech costs go down as the product is amortized and more can be added at the same entry point. re. the front facing camera, don't know if i'd use it for chat but it'd be great to have it for self-portraits/videos.
I'd never need a front facing camera - voice chat is fine. I don't know why you need video conferencing, especially on a phone. I don't need to see who I'm talking to.
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