> “Make it less smart—I’m serious,” she said. Lately she’s taken to carrying a Pixel, from Google’s line of smartphones, for the sole purpose of taking pictures

> “Make it less smart—I’m serious,” she said. Lately she’s taken to carrying a Pixel, from Google’s line of smartphones, for the sole purpose of taking pictures. And here we completely sabotage the premise of the headline, and make it clear that this whole topic is a subjective perception issue by the consumers. Pixels do FAR more ML-based post-processing than iPhones. It just so happens that I guess they do a BETTER job. Which means that iPhone cameras aren't too smart, but rather aren't smart enough.