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Comment by shiroiushi | Hacker News Reader

There's plenty of phones like this available: just go look at the ~$50 Android phones. They're cheap and the cameras are barely adequate, and don't protrude from the case.

If you're not interested in using the camera feature of your phone, then high-end smartphones aren't for you. It's like buying a Ferrari and complaining about the fuel economy and lack of passenger space.

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So you're saying that a powerful phone needs to be a good camera? Can you think of a counterfactual?

The only other reason I can see for a powerful phone is for playing video games.

If you're just using it for communications, you don't need a flagship phone; every phone works fine for that these days. There's tons of mid-grade phones now that have excellent large screens (even OLED) and plenty of power for normal tasks (including all but the most demanding games), and quite decent cameras, without cameras protruding far out of the case like on the the top-end flagships.

And this is why I stopped chasing newest, flagship phones. I mostly use phone for Whatsapp, email, and social media. My good old Pocophone F1 and Pixel 3 still handle my needs.

If I want a good camera, well I prefer something from Sony/Fuji, for example.

I take it you're senior management? The only technical requirements are always whatever you need for your daily life?

OP made reasonable points; not sure what your disagreement is. I think speaking in questions is detracting from your argument.

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