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I wonder if an under-display camera[0] would be good enough for a laptop? If Apple truly is pivoting to OLED, this option becomes available, and it's been proven to be pretty OK by various phones.

Obviously this won't provide amazing footage, but if you're making high-quality footage for e.g. YouTube you probably want to buy a dedicated camera anyway.

[0]: For example, see https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-battle-of-the-under-displ...

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Ideal if you want a view of someone's nostrils. You can probably basically get away with it on a phone, but we've _seen_ what happens when you try it on a laptop: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/the-dell-xps-13-finally-...

Sounds like an excellent excuse for "digital makeup" in Zoom.

Another option is an angled camera from the main body. Apple can already track faces digitally.

Those cameras exist in a lot of Windows laptops and are generally ridiculed as "nose cameras". Probably not the best idea.

True. The counterargument is that if you care about quality, you're already better off with Continuity Camera, so maybe you already view the built-in as just a backup.

A MagSafe charging spot on the back of the monitor would be a nice touch. Charge your phone there and its camera is clipped in place by default.

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