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> What do people buy $1000 smartphones for?

Consider the iPhone X a smartcamera instead of a smartphone.

Consider the "portraits in low light" at the end of the side-by-side comparison section that Vanessa Hand Orellana and Lexy Savvides did for CNET here:

https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-x-vs-iphone-8-plus-is-the-c...

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If I want a low-light camera, I will buy a DSLR/mirrorless, and no smartphone comes even close to something like Sony A7s (~$1100 used). I used to do commercial portrait photography, so I know.

I also dislike the fake background blur / bokeh trend. I understand why the companies are doing it, but it's insanely hard to implement it right, and no phone has achieved it. Every time there's hair involved, they all fail.

Maybe for a specific event, but carrying around a DSLR everywhere you go is no fun. For candid shots, or traveling without carrying around a backpack everywhere, a phone that can take amazing pictures is awesome.

My DSLR is terrible at browsing the web and getting my emails. Don't get me started on trying to play angry birds on it.

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