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>>> it doesn’t provide 4x the utility of a $250 phone That is not correct. Try taking a photo of a text document with a $250 phone, the text is not readable be

>>> it doesn’t provide 4x the utility of a $250 phone That is not correct. Try taking a photo of a text document with a $250 phone, the text is not readable because the camera and the software is terrible. A better phone would allow you to not have a dedicated scanner.

hrktb 9y ago
Motorola G Plus[0] is 184$ with a 12Mp back camera. You won’t catch a cat jumping in pixel perfect beauty, but that’s plenty enough to scan a text document. Same for your mail, maps, browsing, messaging, light gaming. It won’t be blazingly fast under the latest OS, but will do any important task with decent performance. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N6NTIRH/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1514329936&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=motorola+phone&dpPl=1&dpID=51DjUO0f4PL&ref=plSrch https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N6NTIRH/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=...
- user5994461 9y ago
  The number of pixels has zero relevance to the quality of a photo. The world is filled with cheap phones that will make a blurry picture if there isn't perfect lighting or if you move by a single millimeter when you press the button.
  - hrktb 9y ago
    Of course. I found it interesting that scanning a document is the exact best case scenario: exposure can be adjusted with the flash, and the document hopefully doesn’t move (I had the previous Motorola G, hand shaking would need to be pretty bad to make it blur when using the flash)
    - user5994461 9y ago
      On the contrary I take it as an example of bad case scenario. Texts and annotations can be very small, a tad of blurriness and it's unreadable. The blurriness might not be apparent on the phone screen but it's very noticeable on a computer or TV. I speak from experience with a cheap phone, having to take 6 photos not moving by a iota hoping one will be good enough. Same shit next month when I will have to take a newer proof of address.
- WWLink 9y ago
  I got a G5 plus for my brother earlier this year, and after using it a little bit i felt kinda ripped off with my iphone 7+.. all that money and the motorola does everything just fine!
rahimnathwani 9y ago
A $250 phone is plenty able to take a legible photo of an A4 text document. I know of no phone that can replace a dedicated scanner, though. I regularly use my phone for quick scans, but even the iPhone X can't scan an A4 document at 300dpi. Even if it could, I wouldn't be able to hold it steady enough to do so.
Certhas 9y ago
I use a Nexus 5X. Refurbished for $180 ($270 new) on amazon right now. The picture quality is excellent and for something basic like taking readable pictures of text documents it's perfectly fine. In fact it's pre-pre-descessor was perfectly fine for that task. I was using it extensively for just that purpose. These expensive phones are luxury devices with almost no added utility. A few milliseconds of delay can make a big difference in how a device feels, and be expensive to get rid off, but they don't fundamentally alter what you can do with the device.
- user5994461 9y ago
  I remember looking at that phone last year, the cheapest was 350 euro and all the sellers were out of stock.

hrktb 9y ago

Motorola G Plus[0] is 184$ with a 12Mp back camera. You won’t catch a cat jumping in pixel perfect beauty, but that’s plenty enough to scan a text document. Same for your mail, maps, browsing, messaging, light gaming. It won’t be blazingly fast under the latest OS, but will do any important task with decent performance. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N6NTIRH/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1514329936&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=motorola+phone&dpPl=1&dpID=51DjUO0f4PL&ref=plSrch https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N6NTIRH/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=...

user5994461 9y ago
The number of pixels has zero relevance to the quality of a photo. The world is filled with cheap phones that will make a blurry picture if there isn't perfect lighting or if you move by a single millimeter when you press the button.
- hrktb 9y ago
  Of course. I found it interesting that scanning a document is the exact best case scenario: exposure can be adjusted with the flash, and the document hopefully doesn’t move (I had the previous Motorola G, hand shaking would need to be pretty bad to make it blur when using the flash)
  - user5994461 9y ago
    On the contrary I take it as an example of bad case scenario. Texts and annotations can be very small, a tad of blurriness and it's unreadable. The blurriness might not be apparent on the phone screen but it's very noticeable on a computer or TV. I speak from experience with a cheap phone, having to take 6 photos not moving by a iota hoping one will be good enough. Same shit next month when I will have to take a newer proof of address.
WWLink 9y ago
I got a G5 plus for my brother earlier this year, and after using it a little bit i felt kinda ripped off with my iphone 7+.. all that money and the motorola does everything just fine!

rahimnathwani 9y ago

A $250 phone is plenty able to take a legible photo of an A4 text document. I know of no phone that can replace a dedicated scanner, though. I regularly use my phone for quick scans, but even the iPhone X can't scan an A4 document at 300dpi. Even if it could, I wouldn't be able to hold it steady enough to do so.

Certhas 9y ago

I use a Nexus 5X. Refurbished for $180 ($270 new) on amazon right now. The picture quality is excellent and for something basic like taking readable pictures of text documents it's perfectly fine. In fact it's pre-pre-descessor was perfectly fine for that task. I was using it extensively for just that purpose. These expensive phones are luxury devices with almost no added utility. A few milliseconds of delay can make a big difference in how a device feels, and be expensive to get rid off, but they don't fundamentally alter what you can do with the device.

user5994461 9y ago
I remember looking at that phone last year, the cheapest was 350 euro and all the sellers were out of stock.