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Originally Posted by FinancialWar
Jokes aside, I don't mind the SP3 if it is a bit thicker, but really want a camera that's at least as good as a smartphone camera. I mean the sp3 is already so much bigger and heavier, so what is the reason for such a crappy cam?
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Why are lots of tablets without GPS?
A few years ago, it was bundled with 3G. No 3G meant, no GPS.
Nowadays it's separated and what would be the costs? 10 Euros?
Still: Only maybe 50% of WiFi-only models have it.
Same with cameras or other features.
Sometimes it's cost pressure, sometimes it's simply a matter of required space (can it fit in?), sometimes it's some strategic decision of product managers. Often enough it's sheer ignorance.
Brief anecdote: About 12 years ago, one of the (back then) smaller manufacturers of mobile phones had been my client. One of their smart phones didn't sell. So some market researcher did lots of surveys. The result: This particular smart phone didn't have an MP3 player, so the target group below 20 years didn't buy it. When hearing such stories, you only can shake your head in disbelief. My only explanations: Engineers, product managers and such, who develop such products, rarely are the target groups themselves. So their products often enough miss the target, at least in some areas. One would think there would be field studies and the likes. But given the short life cycles, this happens less and less often.
My wife already is used to my standard phrase, when getting a new gadget: Those imbeciles! How could they forget about...
Sometimes it's unbelievable.
In this case, personally I never would have seen the flaws in the camera. I simply never have used a camera on any of my tablets. Only exception: I have been toying around with an app on iPad for scanning business cards.
But now that I'm aware of it, you're certainly right: The back camera seems to be pretty useless...No biggy for me, but still some minor detail Microsoft should be checking out.