The reason a smartphone cannot compete with DSLRs yet is because of exposure settings. With a phone you always capture the light of the subject, while what you

The reason a smartphone cannot compete with DSLRs yet is because of exposure settings. With a phone you always capture the light of the subject, while what you really want to do if you want to capture a feeling or atmosphere is to set the exposure according to the light source and let the subject reflect that light and atmosphere. If I had this granular control of exposure however, I would have no problem to ditch my DSLR.