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Which is still 2x what I would even consider spending on a phone.

arethuza 8y ago
I use my iPhone for personal use and business, as a replacement for a camera (completely stopped using a DSLR) and to provide navigational assistance on the ~1 day a week I spend in the mountains. Pretty much a bargain as far as I am concerned.
- matwood 8y ago
  When I think about the devices my iPhone has replaced, it is still an incredible value. My P&S camera (not my DSLR yet, but getting better), video camera, music device, book reader, hand held gaming device, navigation system, oh and my phone/communication device. The less expensive devices can do some of those well, but I don't think all yet. Video seems to be where other devices still fall down. But, I also agree that not everyone needs a device to do all of those things. I have friends who do not take pictures, or video, or use nav. A $200 phone is the right choice for them.
  - photojosh 8y ago
    Sounds like there's a few of us in the same boat, where our priority is the photo+video quality. Coming from a previous life as a pro-photographer who has since sold all his gear, I almost always default to the "telephoto" lens (which is really a 'normal' lens in old-school photographer speak ;) ) on the 6+, 7 and now X, and am still astonished at the quality that you can get out of a smartphone. The HDR on the photos+video of the newest models is very tempting... but I can wait out the year and either get one 2nd hand or whatever model replaces it. I use all those nav assistance features too (offline topo maps yay!).
    - arethuza 8y ago
      I just have the basic iPhone 7 - so I am quite keen to get the "telephoto" option.
    - matwood 8y ago
      I can't quite get across the hump of selling my gear. I have cut way back though. The only lenses I use anymore are my 300mm zoom and my 50mm. Obviously, the reach with the first is great, and the 50mm just takes amazing pictures.
      - photojosh 8y ago
        I sold mine so I couldn't take any more jobs. Otherwise it would be too tempting. But agreed, I wish I had more versatility in focal lengths. Sad to see none of the "external sensor body that uses the phone as main UI" devices (Olympus Air, Sony QX) really took off.
ubernostrum 8y ago
I guarantee there's something you spend money on that someone else would make this same comment about.

I use my iPhone for personal use and business, as a replacement for a camera (completely stopped using a DSLR) and to provide navigational assistance on the ~1 day a week I spend in the mountains. Pretty much a bargain as far as I am concerned.

matwood 8y ago
When I think about the devices my iPhone has replaced, it is still an incredible value. My P&S camera (not my DSLR yet, but getting better), video camera, music device, book reader, hand held gaming device, navigation system, oh and my phone/communication device. The less expensive devices can do some of those well, but I don't think all yet. Video seems to be where other devices still fall down. But, I also agree that not everyone needs a device to do all of those things. I have friends who do not take pictures, or video, or use nav. A $200 phone is the right choice for them.
- photojosh 8y ago
  Sounds like there's a few of us in the same boat, where our priority is the photo+video quality. Coming from a previous life as a pro-photographer who has since sold all his gear, I almost always default to the "telephoto" lens (which is really a 'normal' lens in old-school photographer speak ;) ) on the 6+, 7 and now X, and am still astonished at the quality that you can get out of a smartphone. The HDR on the photos+video of the newest models is very tempting... but I can wait out the year and either get one 2nd hand or whatever model replaces it. I use all those nav assistance features too (offline topo maps yay!).
  - arethuza 8y ago
    I just have the basic iPhone 7 - so I am quite keen to get the "telephoto" option.
  - matwood 8y ago
    I can't quite get across the hump of selling my gear. I have cut way back though. The only lenses I use anymore are my 300mm zoom and my 50mm. Obviously, the reach with the first is great, and the 50mm just takes amazing pictures.
    - photojosh 8y ago
      I sold mine so I couldn't take any more jobs. Otherwise it would be too tempting. But agreed, I wish I had more versatility in focal lengths. Sad to see none of the "external sensor body that uses the phone as main UI" devices (Olympus Air, Sony QX) really took off.

ubernostrum 8y ago

I guarantee there's something you spend money on that someone else would make this same comment about.