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Discover LudwigThe phrase "back-facing camera" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a camera on a device that faces away from the user, typically used for taking photos of the environment.
Example: "The new smartphone features a high-resolution back-facing camera that captures stunning images."
Alternatives: "rear camera" or "main camera."
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Apple has long worked to improve the back-facing camera, promoting it in a recent range of high-profile ads.
AR functionality uses your smartphone or tablet's back-facing camera to display Pokémon as though they are actually in front of you.
MobiGo's microphone and fold-out keyboard are noteworthy, and the back-facing camera on the LeapsterGS is the best yet, especially because of the improved photo and movie editor.
What we did was point the 3DS' back-facing camera at the edge of a table.
Still, I was impressed with the phone's photo features beginning with its 13-megapixel, back-facing camera.
Novak says Apple's videochat service, FaceTime, could utilize a pico projector for group videoconferencing by linking to the iPhone's front-facing camera and transmitting the image from the back-facing camera.
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A (possibly backlight-illuminated) 8-megapixel camera sits high on the device's back, while a VGA front-facing camera rounds out the package up front.
Snapchat is obviously looking to keep content absorption on the same devices that promote content creation, i.e. mobile phones with back and front-facing cameras, but this is a major move that will allow Snapchat content to receive recognition from people who aren't users of the service already.
The ViewPad has a three-megapixel camera on the back and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera for live chats.
This is the camera on the back of the iPad — the front-facing camera is still a FaceTime camera, for videoconferencing.
There's a second front-facing camera, while the back of the device bucks the industry standard of moving to two — or even three — lenses.
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