My wife takes a LOT of photos. She's not an amateur photographer or anything like that. She's just always wanted to have photos of people (particularly our children), events, etc. for memories. Even she doesn't care too much about the quality boost of photos vs modern smartphones. She used a dedicated camera up until recently. We always had semi-expensive high end point and shoot cameras for their simplicity, ease of use, and transportability.
Now that she has the Google Pixel, all bets are off. Not only has she not used the very nice point and shoot we had been using for most photos, but she completely stopped even bringing it anywhere! She absolutely loves the Pixel's portrait mode and HDR features. And it's hard to argue with. They look stunning and you pretty much never have to even change a setting on the phone - nearly every single thing is automatic and they look utterly fantastic.
So fantastic that I installed a ported version of the Gcam app to my non-Pixel Android and wow - what an improvement.
The camera world is quickly on its way to becoming a hobbyist-only endeavor. I see no reason to buy a standalone camera anymore.
On a similar note - does anyone anywhere buy standalone music players anymore? Hell, do they even sell them? I can't imagine all but a few die-hards buying them when every smartphone now comes with significant storage and most have expandable slots as well. And that's for people that even have mp3s. Most just stream everything now (spotify, youtube, etc.).
Now that she has the Google Pixel, all bets are off. Not only has she not used the very nice point and shoot we had been using for most photos, but she completely stopped even bringing it anywhere! She absolutely loves the Pixel's portrait mode and HDR features. And it's hard to argue with. They look stunning and you pretty much never have to even change a setting on the phone - nearly every single thing is automatic and they look utterly fantastic.
So fantastic that I installed a ported version of the Gcam app to my non-Pixel Android and wow - what an improvement.
The camera world is quickly on its way to becoming a hobbyist-only endeavor. I see no reason to buy a standalone camera anymore.
On a similar note - does anyone anywhere buy standalone music players anymore? Hell, do they even sell them? I can't imagine all but a few die-hards buying them when every smartphone now comes with significant storage and most have expandable slots as well. And that's for people that even have mp3s. Most just stream everything now (spotify, youtube, etc.).