I'd love to have a smaller/cheaper phone but I continue to hold onto my Pro from a couple years ago is for the high end camera, particularly the telephoto lens.
No, I don't need it all the time.
But when you do need it, it's invaluable.
No, I don't need it all the time.
But when you do need it, it's invaluable.
If you consider the size of professional grade camera lenses there's a reason why they produce much better images. But conversely it's pretty impressive what phone manufacturers have been able to accomplish with such a small amount of space. For 90% of use cases camera phones are sufficient.
and I have a nice portable camera (ricoh gr 3) collecting dust.