<story><title>iPhone SE: The One-Eyed King?</title><url>https://blog.halide.cam/iphone-se-the-one-eyed-king-96713d65a3b1</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mrweasel</author><text>I don’t get it, it’s a phone, with a camera. The camera just needs to be good enough, and for most people it’s been good enough for years.&lt;p&gt;Most phone reviews these days focuses waaay to much on the camera, because the reviewers are often people who are also into photography or shooting videos.&lt;p&gt;For myself, I care solely on privacy and price, so I only have one option, if I need a new smartphone. I still think the iPhone SE need to come down in price, but it the only choice, there are no competitors</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joshstrange</author><text>&amp;gt; For myself, I care solely on privacy and price,&lt;p&gt;For you yes. It&amp;#x27;s perfectly fine to not care about the camera but&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; I don’t get it, it’s a phone, with a camera. The camera just needs to be good enough, and for most people it’s been good enough for years.&lt;p&gt;Can you see how some people really do care about the camera on their phone? I personally don&amp;#x27;t make my phone buying decisions based on the camera either but I heard a parent make a comment a while back when discussing if they wished the phone had a better battery or better camera and they said camera, easy. When pressed they said something to the effect of &amp;quot;In 5 years I&amp;#x27;m not going to wish that I got another hour of battery life 5 years ago but I am going wish my pictures from 5 years ago were better&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Yes I know that &amp;quot;if you really care about photos you should get a real camera&amp;quot; but I think we can all agree that the best camera is the one you have with you and personally I&amp;#x27;m not interested enough to carry a big DSLR with me. But that&amp;#x27;s just me.</text></comment>
<story><title>iPhone SE: The One-Eyed King?</title><url>https://blog.halide.cam/iphone-se-the-one-eyed-king-96713d65a3b1</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mrweasel</author><text>I don’t get it, it’s a phone, with a camera. The camera just needs to be good enough, and for most people it’s been good enough for years.&lt;p&gt;Most phone reviews these days focuses waaay to much on the camera, because the reviewers are often people who are also into photography or shooting videos.&lt;p&gt;For myself, I care solely on privacy and price, so I only have one option, if I need a new smartphone. I still think the iPhone SE need to come down in price, but it the only choice, there are no competitors</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stronglikedan</author><text>Funny you say that. I have &lt;i&gt;never&lt;/i&gt; been one to take pictures. I took &lt;i&gt;maybe&lt;/i&gt; 30 pictures in the first 30 years of my life. Even with my first few smartphones, I hesitated to start using the camera, because the quality was so bad. However, when I got a phone with decent camera, I started taking pictures. And the better cameras got, the more pictures I took. After over a decade of smartphones, I now value the camera as a feature, and good-enough no longer cuts it. And the best part - I don&amp;#x27;t ever even share my pics, so I don&amp;#x27;t even know why I care.</text></comment>