If you are facing a choice between two evenly matched phones, where one has a superior rear camera and the other has a better selfie snapper which way would you go? Chip and Yordan discuss.

Yordan: We can’t have nice things because of selfie cameras
It was probably 2004 or 2005 when I was thinking: “Phones with front-facing cameras are so hot right now”. They painted a futuristic picture where video calls were a daily thing. Oh how silly was I back then.
Video calling today surely is popular, but it is not the glamorous feature Isaac Azimov once pictured. It is just a way to show your face as a proof of your existence to the other side of the call.



Yet that does not mean the notch is good - the notch is unpleasant and just a temporary solution until we have a better technology for the front-facing cameras. And no, sliders are not solving the problems, nor are cool, despite what half of you think.


Chip: A good selfie camera actually makes a difference
To explain why I'd pick the phone with the better selfie camera over the one with the better rear one I'd like to first establish what makes one feature more important that the other. To me it comes down to two things - frequency of use and variance.
In the case of cameras the second one is more key - as Yordan correctly pointed out front cameras are still far from reaching the quality of the main ones. In fact even some flagships these days have poor selfie snappers, whereas every mid-ranger has a very decent rear camera.

Selfies are fun
It only makes sense then to prioritize the aspect where you have more to gain. It's better to have balanced performance across the two cameras than have a marginally better rear snapper and a selfie snapper that produces blurry messes.
As for the frequency of use - I'm splitting my photos about equally between the two cameras on my phone. And no, it's not because I'm a selfie-obssesed teenager who just can't get enough of their own face. It's just that photos where you appear make for much better memories than ones that don't have you.
Chances are hundreds of photographers already shot great photos of the Eiffel tower, the Big Ben or whatever other attraction you are visiting. - much better than anything you can hope to capture with your phone even if it has the greatest rear camera. However, there's not a single one with your face in it unless you do it yourself. So for me it's important that the ones you capture are of good quality.

There's nothing to capture your memories like a good selfie
Sure you can ask someone to take a photo of you, but we all know you will end up looking awkward more often than not. But if you do a selfie you can actually see yourself in the screen, meaning you can work on your facial expression so it's not as bad. Just go easy with the social media sharing, please.
Source:gsmarena.com
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