I've recently picked up a new iPhone 12 and what I would summarize it (and I am sure every new phone these days, probably–I'm just comparing it to my iPhone SE I had before it) is that it is really good at making random pictures look pretty decent, no matter what you are pointing it at. And I think that's pretty remarkable; it's akin to what point-and-shoots did to the average person's pictures but now it is in a device that you literally never leave behind and it also does a much better job. I like to think I have a basic eye for framing and some general knowledge of what ruins a picture (like, I can tell that those super-HDRed pictures with the saturation turned way up are fake and not good) but I'm no photographer, even an amateur one, and I have been amazed by what it does. I've actually been mildly frustrated at the lack of opportunity to really test the camera with the pandemic, but I snapped a couple of quick pictures to try out things like HDR, the wide angle lens, or low light performance (read: I pointed my phone at some random trees, or my family in the dimly-lit living room, or directly at the sun–usually things that don't photograph well) and they have all come out shockingly good for the effort I put into them. It's truly amazing how well it works for someone who just points the camera at something and taps the shutter button. It's so good that I've almost even forgiven them for making a phone that doesn't lay flat on a table :P