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

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.