At WWDC 2010, one of the new features announced for the iPhone 4 was FaceTime, a video calling application that utilizes WiFi network connections to connect two iPhone users in a video call.
At the time, mobile users questioned whether this feature would use carrier minutes but we’ve now got confirmation that carrier minutes will be spared the moment a FaceTime connection has been established. According to Apple, “The voice call ends as soon as the FaceTime call connects” which makes sense as FaceTime uses WiFi instead of the cellular network.
The reason for the confusion was because FaceTime calls can be made during a voice call and what was unclear was whether Apple kept the voice call running in the background as a backup for instances where the video chat dropped or the WiFi signal was lost.
Obviously this move will result in a lot of users choosing video chat over voice calls when available. Lets just hope that Apple’s confidence in FaceTime is well placed and that there are no dropped signals.
Via: Slippery Brick, BI
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