My 3y old samsung has 3mm hole in display for camera that is better then this one.
*Citation needed, but it's vastly better then current gen MBP, and good enough for Video calls.
Disclaimer: I don't care about the notch one bit, already order one, but saying that it's needed for good camera is imo stupid. Imo they eanted to add faceid, but didn't have the time, or enough chips to do it in this iteration.
Thicker top bezel is the only viable one. But just at a glance it looks like the bezel + notch height is about the same height as the current bezels. I don't really see either option as necessarily being better given that.
Having it stick out is a no-go because things sticking out of a laptop are at risk of breaking off.
External webcam is something extra to carry around and mount. That's even worse than a dongle.
I don't agree that a notch in the corner would be less obtrusive. And the lack of symmetry wouldn't do the appearance of it any favors.
Cameras at the bottom have been done before and they suck. They're called nose cams for a reason.
*Citation needed, but it's vastly better then current gen MBP, and good enough for Video calls.
Disclaimer: I don't care about the notch one bit, already order one, but saying that it's needed for good camera is imo stupid. Imo they eanted to add faceid, but didn't have the time, or enough chips to do it in this iteration.