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What does it say about the implementations prior to Apple's that everyone always thinks Apple's is the first?

It could be anything from better implementation to brand awareness and perception to marketing.

It is a big jump to just assume Apple's solution's popularity implies Apple has the better solution.

Edit: LG's wide-angle solution pleased a lot of people (just enthusiasts? idk) because of the utility in taking shots of landscapes.

Apple's solution is also great for those moments you want to zoom in just a bit more without destroying quality completely.

Huawei's solution is excellent for capturing more detail with black/white though their software processing isn't great.

Personally I wouldn't mind a solution with 4 cameras: Cam 1 for regular shots. Zoom in and the Apple-style camera is used. Zoom out and the LG-Style is used. The black/white camera will be used where it makes sense to enhance the image or when you select a b/w filter.

This will invariably insight flame, but you did ask:

That Apple consumers aren't very informed consumers? I'm not knocking their products, but I know plenty of mainly Apple users that buy them because they are solid, middle-of-the-road products that don't require much thought. That's both good and bad.

Disclaimer: I have had iPhones, iPads and might buy a Macbook after todays reveal depending on featureset.

It's not Apple consumers, so much as the general public. I guarantee you that the average Android smartphone owner (if they even knew that dual cameras exist) thought Apple was the first to do so too. It's marketing. Positively for Apple, and negatively for the brands who have this tech and don't manage to get the word to the average person.

You make a big mistake in assuming owners of Android phones are more informed than Apple owners. Especially since Android owners outnumber Apple by quite a margin. You may be correct in assuming that the more informed consumer tends to purchase an Android device (though maybe not), but that doesn't lead to your conclusion.

You are right, it was a bit of a lizard response. I really don't judge people for either decision of hardware, but more by their justification of that choice. There are numerous reasons for going for either brand/model. But I do notice a lot of these threads tend to express the same (incorrect assumption) as GP, which kind of riles me up.

"Everyone" probably thinks Teslas are the first electric cars, yet electric cars existed in the late 1800s.

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