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Old 01-30-2014, 03:25 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
It appears to be a bit of a theme around iPads, especially following a software upgrade, and iPads are supposed to be some of the highest-quality home electronic devices you can buy.

Even when cracked into dozens of pieces, you can still usually glean a useful image from a mirror.

And my truck is carbureted.
iPads aren't cameras. They're computers with ultra-miniaturized cameras built into them.

Robust digital cameras that don't have tiny sensors and which don't need to be tightly packaged in with other hot electronic items have a decent shelf life, and they cost a lot less. Using a standardized part would make camera replacement painless.

I currently have to pay a few hundred dollars to replace a power-adjustable side mirror after some loon has knocked it off. My GoPro costs less than that, and many high-definition off-the-shelf security cameras cost even less.

And nothing new, nowadays, is carbureted.
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