India has more phones than people, a fact that has become motivation enough for smartphone companies to come up with phones that cost less. Phones made by Gionee and low-end phones like Moto E and Nokia 520 offer high-end Android and Windows software along with a flawless graphical user interface. But where there is cost cutting, a reduction in features and hardware follows. While a techie might prefer to talk about RAM and processor speeds, PentaGist brings you the consequences of the one common feature most of these phones lack, a FRONT CAMERA!

5. Face unlock

Do you have too much data on your phone that you don’t want your friends to see? Messages you don’t want your mom to see? Gossip you don’t want your roommate to read? Or do you just want to protect your phone from “buddy hijacking”? If I were you, I would download App Lock, or Smart Lock or any of the hundreds of locks in the app store. But this has no novelty value, compared to the fingerprint scanner on the iPhone 5S and the face recognition lock on Samsung phones. So Crisis #1 – No Front Camera? Without using the face to unlock the phone.

4. Video podcasts

Gone are the days when people set up a video camera or webcam, complete with a bulky microphone and headphones, to upload a sports podcast. Today, it’s as simple as picking up the phone and talking to the device… and voila! The video is ready to edit. Too bad if you want to become a YouTube or iTunes sensation and you don’t have enough money to pay for equipment AND you don’t have a phone with a front camera. Time to start saving money for a better smartphone!

3. Mirror! Mirror!

Within that four-second elevator ride to her third-floor classroom, her smartphone’s front-facing camera gives her ample time to check her face and make sure her makeup and hair are perfect. And just when we thought the camera was enough, app developers introduced apps with filters so you can admire yourself even more during those gaps in time. For those of us without a front-facing camera, all we get is a notification in the app store that says “This app is not available for your device,” along with desperate attempts to find a mirror.

2. “I can’t use Skype right now”

Normally, people with smartphones cannot video chat for reasons like low battery or low internet speed. For people with smartphones but no front-facing cameras, another addition to the list, the most important, is “I don’t have a front-facing camera!” You end up waiting for hours until you can go home and turn on your laptop so you can talk to your friend (or someone special!) who lives 1000 miles away.

1.”I bought a new phone, but first let me click a selfie! Oh wait a second…”

Call it disorder, call it mental illness, call it addiction, call it whatever you want! Clicking selfies is the trend. If “selfie” might be the word of the year, we sure know how much time people spend clicking photos of themselves and fanatically uploading them to Snapchat and Instagram. And what’s more… if a person without a front-facing camera gets addicted to clicking selfies, they’ll probably end up clicking at least half a dozen photos from the main camera before finally getting a picture with symmetrical sound, not blurry. . and with the right lighting.

If you’re one of the people who has a phone without a secondary camera, you can definitely relate to these 5 crises, which your other friends might mock, belittle, and if you’re lucky, ignore. Feel free to leave a comment and share your experiences with our readers.