>>4474890Good IQ and ergonomics on a smartphone without resorting to software gimmicks and ai bullshit was a problem then, and is a problem now.
Sony's shortcomings were twofold:
- reaching into the parts bin instead of iterating on the rx100 lens to develop a compact, collapsible design
- catering to apple fags and paying the price with apples gate keeping, when they should have aimed for the technically and intellectually superior android user first, who was capable of appreciating the products technological innovation.
The future holds a different solution (pixel shift a small sensor), but Sony's solution, despite its shortcoming, solved a real problem, and was ahead of its time.
