I suppose that the 6x4" photo in an album has been replaced by a similar sized image on a OLED display or on a Facebook/Instagram post.
In that respect even my £100 Motorola does a more than adequate job, certainly better than any 110 Instamatic ever did.
It may be that, for 99% of all "mobile cameras", their amazing (marketing blurb driven) capabilities will be underused on Selfies.
My Wife, like all her friends, seems to use her amazing Camera-Phone to take amazingly shit photographs (just like they always did with their 110 cameras in fact).
I wonder whether the photography capabilities of these devices is actually being (over)developed by photographers, subconsciously
for photographers, who appreciate "bokeh" and HDR images. The shitty nature of my Wife's photos doesn't seem to concern any of her friends, despite them all boasting about how many megapixels their new iPhone is.
Are they actually in danger of over-developing camera-phones, for people who really don't care that much?
Are they actually they just giving people the ability to create perfectly exposed shit images? ("
Hold it in Landscape format for f**k's sake why don't you?") There's no harm in that of course, it beats poorly exposed shit images.
It's more than likely that Phones will soon have a "shit-photo-avoidance" App. It would be fairly easy to do based on "content awareness" and a few classical rules (rule of thirds, leading lines..GPS awareness of local landmarks...etc). They already let you know if someone had their eyes closed.
I think the ultimate test will be when the Wedding Photographer turns up with just a Phone and nobody worries about the implications of that.
FYI - I took this using my Wife's Samsung Galaxy 5S >>>
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