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I'd argue that cameras don't really ever go obsolete, given the artistic nature of photography (as long as you can get the image out of the camera and onto a medium). Any great photo that you've ever admired was take on either previous or current generation gear.

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In my eyes a camera is obsolete as soon as the average phone can take a photo as good. My parents got a $300 sony camera recently but other than zoom, I just can't see why you would carry it around when your phone takes the same photo.

15 years old camera with 50 years old glass: https://i.imgur.com/lcVh2dc.jpg

Pixel 3: https://i.imgur.com/Tl9Qjhj.jpg

Phones are good snapshoters but for everything else a dedicated camera will be superior in every way besides size.

I assume some $300 range cameras has sensor that same (or less) size to $600 smartphones.

They are almost entirely pointless in my opinion I'm not sure why they even sell low end cameras anymore. The only potential benefit I see is the software allows a lot more manual control but it also doesn't have as good automatic improvements that phone software has.

Even though a sensor is poor, it has better form factor, better zoom, and it's dedicated device.

The battery typically lasts for weeks. This is something we cannot say at all for phones...

Well I already have my phone charged at all times. I guess it might be a benefit if you have to take photos all day but in that case you would be investing in a much better camera than this consumer level one.

For video recording I found this sony one could only manage an hour on a full charge.

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