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New Images of 4th Generation iPod Touch LCD with FaceTime Camera

Thursday August 5, 2010 12:46 pm PDT by Arnold Kim



An iPhone parts supplier sent us these photos of what are claimed to be the front LCD and bezel of the upcoming 4th generation iPod Touch. The new part clearly shows a front-sided hole that would leave room for a front-facing FaceTime camera.

While we've seen similar parts before, this part is clearly marked as an Apple part "Apple (c) 2010". This stamp is visible in the full resolution image. The part is also stamped with April 29, 2010, indicating that the build date is relatively recent. We've seen other iPod Touch parts circulating in the past. In particular, a back-side camera model reached a late prototype stage last year but was never released.

Apple is widely expected to release new iPod Touch devices this fall. Rumors had already pegged the new Touch to likely carry a front-facing camera. Apple will be using email addresses instead of phone numbers to initiate FaceTime calls.
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IphoneRevivers
20 months ago
I've seen talk on what people think it might be or what it might look like . I've opened this thread based on a fact , that this is a picture of the front assembly . As you can see there is a hole in the front , but for what ? because I haven't seen all parts only the front assembly and a few other inside parts , I can't tell you but ill leave it up to you guys to imagine ;] . What do you think ?

http://tinypic.com/r/1zefuic/4
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Josh0806
20 months ago
Looks interesting, where did you find this?
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SoraLimit
20 months ago
FaceTime Camera, nuff said.
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MCRunning
20 months ago
I'm hoping for a front facing camera too!
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IphoneRevivers
20 months ago

Looks interesting, where did you find this?


I am given pictures typically about a month or two before a product is released . I'm really not sure on a release date but considering me receiving the picture , I am guessing it will be here sooner than we think .

From my experience the product has always been exact ( the picture and part ) to what the real one is when it's released ...
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IphoneRevivers
20 months ago

FaceTime Camera, nuff said.


I am hoping also . However I've noticed that facetime actually works with SMS some how on the iPhone 4 , I could be wrong . So I'm curious on how they will implement that into the touch , if it is a front facing camera for facetime .
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Peterson8765
20 months ago
Thanks for the photo, it may look like the others ones from alibaba.com, but it's in a differen't angle. Hopefully that's what the front panel of the touch looks like.
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SoraLimit
20 months ago

I am hoping also . However I've noticed that facetime actually works with SMS some how on the iPhone 4 , I could be wrong . So I'm curious on how they will implement that into the touch , if it is a front facing camera for facetime .


Actually, you can initiate a FaceTime directly from your contacts. It's also rumored that you can use your email address as a replacement for a phone number, since for obvious reason, the iPod touch doesn't have one.

http://modmyi.com/forums/ipod-news/719335-bgr-ipod-touch-ipad-getting-facetime.html
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IphoneRevivers
20 months ago

Actually, you can initiate a FaceTime directly from your contacts. It's also rumored that you can use your email address as a replacement for a phone number, since for obvious reason, the iPod touch doesn't have one.

http://modmyi.com/forums/ipod-news/719335-bgr-ipod-touch-ipad-getting-facetime.html


Yes you're right , you can initiate facetime from contacts . However , if you are on a unlocked iphone it doesn't activate and also saying you may be charged a sms fee for video conferencing , that's what lead me to believe that it has something to do with it , just a guess though . I tried to click your link but it didn't work . ( nevermind - it's a database error - overload should work in a few . ) thanks .
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SoraLimit
20 months ago
Try this one:

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/15/facetime-for-ipad-and-ipod-touch-to-be-linked-to-email-addresses/
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