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= People who ask for worse cameras in flagship phones.

I've seen a several comments and post now saying that phone manufacturers are wasting money on cameras (in highend phones!) and people who care about photography should just get a dedicated camera.

It's just so dumb. Why is it so hard to understand that different people have different needs?! And that you may not be in the target group of a phone that costs over 800€ or $?

The "just get a real camera" argument is equally dumb.

Firstly, highend cameras with switchable lenses dont fit in your pocket.

Secondly, if you want a camera that can match flagships phones in quality and versitility (atleast 24MP, 4K video @ 60fps, good stabilitzation and autofocus) + atleast one high quality lens (e.g. 24-70mm), you will most likely be spending more than what the latest and greatest iPhone or Glaxay cost - and will still need a phone for all the other stuff.

And lastly, even if you want a phone with flagship performance and display, but don't care about cameras, there's options! E.g. Poco X8 Pro, OnePlus 15R, Realme GT7, Redmagic 11 Pro, …

If you don't care about phone cameras, that's fine, but stop encouraging companies to downgrade or stop innovating on cameras in flagship phones. With companies like Samsung keeping the same camera hardware on their base models for 5 generations or OnePlus downgrading them over 2 generations, it's really not helping.