It's not hard to angle any kind of camera for a self portrait if you practice a lil' bit, I've become pretty good at it with my point and shoot... The front camera is meant mainly for video chat, but I'm sure it'll be usable for photos as well, be kind of dumb if you couldn't use it... No clue how you'd switch which camera is used tho, surprised no one's covered this on the reviews or previews.