Camera positioning

In our app we assume that user positioned the smartphone the way when the front camera (120fps) is on the left and the screen position is landscape (for watching video). We use it in our ML model. Can we adopt it somehow on iPhone Duo?

Answered by Media Engineer in 906397022

Not precisely sure if I've understood your question, Alex. When the inner display is positioned in landscape orientation, the front facing camera is on the right half of the screen, about halfway between the crease and the edge of the display.

The inner display camera only supports up to 60 fps.

If the iPhone is flipped around, you can use either of the "rear" cameras as front cameras. They are on the left side of the phone (where there is no display), or the outer front camera, which is co located with the outer display (facing you). But in this configuration, the outer display is in portrait orientation.

Not precisely sure if I've understood your question, Alex. When the inner display is positioned in landscape orientation, the front facing camera is on the right half of the screen, about halfway between the crease and the edge of the display.

The inner display camera only supports up to 60 fps.

If the iPhone is flipped around, you can use either of the "rear" cameras as front cameras. They are on the left side of the phone (where there is no display), or the outer front camera, which is co located with the outer display (facing you). But in this configuration, the outer display is in portrait orientation.

Thank you for your answer. So, our app works the way it shows the video in landscape mode only and at the same time records the reaction on the front camera. While inner display camera supports only 60fps, inner display is out of scope. However, if we want to use an outer display in landscape mode, how the cameras will be positioned then? Is it even possible for outer display to work in landscape mode?

For the outer display to be in landscape, the user would need to fold the phone halfway, like a laptop computer, so it would be sitting on its camera bump. Don't think users are going to want to do that. You'd only be able to use the outer display front camera in this orientation.

Hello, @alexantonov!

As you can see at timestamp 3:50 in the Tech Talk "Design for iPhone Duo", landscape orientation is available on the outer display as per the graphic on the bottom left.

However, (correct me if I'm wrong) this functionality might only be accessible by positioning the phone in "tent" mode and exiting StandBy. Again, I am not sure about this, so you may need to look further into it.

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