>>3463813>it's not though, you're paying a premium for premium smartphones with decent cameras compared to those with lesser cameras.You pay a premium for a premium smartphone, but people who pay for the premium smartphones are usually not paying that premium JUST for the camera.
I bought an iPhone X because of the bigger screen, face unlocking, faster processor, NFC, etc. The better camera was just a bonus that came along with those.
And, I mean, if you don't care about those, then sure, get a cheaper cellphone. But saying that it's stupid to talk about image quality of cellphone cameras because real cameras are much better just misses the point.
>>3463813>Seriously don't get gas station sushi. Publix has decent sushi if you're in the southern USNot southern enough for Publix, but my local grocery store chain actually makes pretty okay sushi too. Not as good as you get from a restaurant, but I also need to go get eggs and rice and it's much cheaper.
And in addition to being entirely true, that also is a good extension of the analogy we're using:
* Cheap crappy cellphones will have free-with-fillup gas-station-sushi level cameras. Not great, but if you're already getting gas and it's free, then whatever. Still edible.
* Flagship phones will have grocery-store-sushi level cameras. Surprisingly good these days, although nowhere near the quality you'll get in a restaurant and no one says it is.
* A real camera is sushi-restaurant level sushi. Unquestionably great. And there are higher-end sushi restaurants that generally give diminishing returns for much higher prices.
No one's saying that the grocery store sushi is as good or better than restaurant sushi, but if you also need to pick up eggs and rice and diet coke, it's still pretty tasty.
