making video calls using iPhone 3gs

I did not really check for it while buying.

You never read any reviews of the phone, or looked at what features it has before spending $$$ on it?

Why is this limitation on such a great phone?

Only Apple knows

is there any other way to make video calls on iPhone 3GS??

No.

Generally speaking, camera's have the lens on the opposite side of the phone to the display, so you can see what you're taking pictures of. That means a camera function and a video calling function are mutually exclusive.

That means a camera function and a video calling function are mutually exclusive.

Not at all. Every phone I've seen with video calling has two cameras - one facing away for taking photos, and another front-facing camera for video calls.

For example, see both cameras on this video calling phone:

!http://www.geekcellulars.com/wp-content/gallery/91/sony-ericsson-c702i-phone.jp g!

On most such phones, you can switch between the cameras whilst on a call to show the caller what you are seeing while still being able to see them.

Chenna wrote:
Why is this limitation on such a great phone?

Apple decided not to include it.

is there any other way to make video calls on iPhone 3GS??

No.

I did say generally as I know here is always an exception to the rule - a lot of the original H3G phones in the UK had video calling but they never sold in great numbers.

I don't think I've ever seen a video call capable cell phone in the US.

I don't think I've ever seen a video call capable cell phone in the US.

Really? I think my last 4 phones have been capable of video calls - not that I ever used the feature.

AT&T sell at least one phone capable of video calling (in Europe), but it's not mentioned as a feature by them in the US:

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?device=SonyEricssonC905a&q_sku=sku3880241

It seems the US misses out on a lot of fairly standard features we get in Europe...

I don't recall seeing those phones 18 months ago when I was in an ATT store.

Julian Wright wrote:

I don't think I've ever seen a video call capable cell phone in the US.

Really? I think my last 4 phones have been capable of video calls - not that I ever used the feature.

Video calling is not very popular here even on computers with webcams. I guess Americans aren't terribly interested in seeing the person on the other end of the line or being seen.

I guess Americans aren't terribly interested in seeing the person on the other end of the line or being seen.

Exactly my reasons for never having used the feature!! 🙂

When the first 3G networks went live in Europe early last decade Video Calling was touted as the next big thing, but it never took off - despite it being a standard feature on most 3G phones sold here. Another technology looking for users!

That could be why it never became a standard feature on phones here 🙂.

3G is a wireless communications technology designed to provide high-speed Internet access and transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia. video calls is just one of multitude of uses for 3G.

Video calls never took off properly for serveral reasons, here is some http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/why-havent-video-calls-mobile-video-te lephony-taken-off/

I always had a phoenwith video calls and never used it. however, as I mentioned it is faster ommunication technology and great for internet.