>>4254947Cameras have much better hardware, and the potential image quality is much greater as a result. Phones just have a lot of software going on to make up for the lack of hardware.
A lot of people never venture beyond auto mode + kit lens, never print large and mostly just post on social media, and those people might as well just be using a phone. If you took the time to learn how to actually use a camera, make use of different lenses, made use of similar software enhancement, print large / pixel peep a lot, it's a night and day difference in terms of image quality.
