Just because there existed phones with much better cameras does not change the fact that almost everybody had a phone that had shit camera that was barely usabl

Just because there existed phones with much better cameras does not change the fact that almost everybody had a phone that had shit camera that was barely usable. Today it would be inconceivable to create a flagship phone without matching bleeding edge camera, but at that time, it was true (regardless of the fact that there were some phones with good cameras) that most people did not use phones for photography on a daily basis. This means there was no immediate expectation the phone will have best camera. I just went through the original unveiling of the iPhone and the focus is completely on UI and form factor and there is very, very, very little about the camera (basically, yes, it has a camera).