For the Sidewinder to move laterally to the left with the nose facing front, the two left wheels spin toward each other, and the two right wheels spin away from each other.
The handset's got a fairly nice bezel, with the front-facing camera on the top and a home button on the bottom, flanked by illuminating back and menu touch buttons.
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The 8 megapixel rear-facing camera records HD video in 1080p at 30 frames per second, while the front-facing camera records in 720p HD.
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Its Via Phone will have front- and rear-facing cameras and four-inch screen, while the Via Tablet will have a front-facing camera and eight-inch, high-resolution screen, according to the reports.
While the new model still has the front-facing FaceTime HD camera, it's lost the 5-megapixel main shooter, and a little bit of weight, to boot (0.06 ounces).
The Desire 600 picks up the same dual front-facing speaker setup of the One, although rather than a global appearance, it's currently headed to Russia, Ukraine and the Middle-East for now, landing early this June in white and black options.
There are some things we can glean from the specifications of the device, however, including the lack of a front-facing camera on the 8S. Given that the Microsoft-owned Skype looks likely to be a core feature of the new Windows mobile OS, it seems a shame to not include -- if not the wide-angled front-facer of the 8X -- then something a little tamer.
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Framing the Gorilla Glass screen is a generous bezel housing the front-facing camera up top and Huawei's company logo at the bottom.
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The smartphone also comes with an amazing 8 megapixel camera so you'll be able to take incredibly vivid pictures and the front-facing camera with ultra-wide-angle lens captures twice the image area to fit more in every shot.
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Keeping with the contextual phone skills, Samsung's Smart Stay feature makes the device detect (through the front-facing camera) whether a face is looking at it in order to switch the display on or off.
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The concept is roughly the same: by waving your hand left and right over the front-facing camera, you can answer calls and navigate through pics and music without touching the screen.
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The front facing camera now features 720p video for all your extreme close-ups.
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The front facing speakers on XBR 4K LED TVs extend Sony's new design concept to match the exterior aesthetic of some of the other 2013 models for the home with a striking, angular, faceted outer cabinet - incorporating the Sense of Quartz design concept.
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The lack of a front-facing camera might initially turn the confirmed socialite a little sour, but don't worry, you can still take those all important "selfies" with the clever self-portrait mode that we also saw in the 301 (the one that says "left a bit, right a bit").
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Now, we'd heard from our sources before that the X2 would be warmed over with a front-facing camera and the same 1.2GHz single-core processor bump that the Chinese version recently received.
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The device has a 1GHz processor, a 3MP rear-facing camera, and VGA front-facing camera for video chat while on the go.
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The One sounds better, too, with front-facing speakers, while the S4 has a speaker on the back.
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The front-facing 2MP HD 1080p camera captures video in 1920x1080 resolution that is crisp and clear.
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Just below that, protected beneath the glass, are the front-facing, 2-megapixel camera and a notification LED.
The front-facing shooter gets updated (1.6MP BSI vs. 1.3MP) and the sealed battery grows from 1, 800mAh to 2, 100mAh.
Here, both the 3.2-megapixel primary camera and microSD slot remain, but the front-facing VGA shooter is nowhere to be found.
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The front-facing VGA camera, on the other hand, didn't impress us much.
The front-facing camera also makes it easy to connect with friends and family via video chat through T-Mobile's 4G network or Wi-Fi.
One forum commenter says the front-facing camera snapped a photo of him at work, where he has never taken a photo nor used FaceTime.
On the front, you'll notice HTC's standard three-button setup below the screen (back, home and recent apps), with the front-facing camera, proximity sensor and earpiece above.
Daredevils will be able to use the front-facing camera to show their speedometer as they narrate attempts to break 200 mph in their new sports car.
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It features a 7-inch WSVGA (1, 024 x 600) TFT display, 1GB RAM and a single-core 1GHz CPU. The tablet lacks a rear camera but retains the front-facing VGA setup for video chats.
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