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Not difficult to beat the iPhone camera.

Why does my iPhone 4S take better photos than my iPhone 7? Modern iPhones photos are smeary smudgy mess. Can always tell on Reddit or Facebook when an image has been taken with an iPhone.

Luckily using RAW mode helps, which means it's some lunatic software noise-reduction in newer versions of iOS that is the problem.

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I honestly think that you might have a lemon. It has been my experience that iPhone 7 images are among the best in class (I can't comment on the quality of the Pixel's camera, but I've heard good things). I understand your grievance, but honestly it's impossible to posit that an iPhone 4 takes better pictures than an iPhone 7.

My iPhone 4 takes unbelievable macro pictures. I hate to say this, but better than my Canon 20D, with an L lens. I was thinking about buying a macro lens for Canon, but can't justify the it anymore.

Just macro in my world though. The dslr still takes better portraits, and nature shots.

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