If the iPhone provided access to the RAW image then this wouldn't be a big deal. Discard the processed image if you want. Maybe Apple could make it a setting fo

If the iPhone provided access to the RAW image then this wouldn't be a big deal. Discard the processed image if you want. Maybe Apple could make it a setting for whether to keep the RAW photo? I have an iPhone SE and you can take good photographs with that camera - if you know what you're doing. I've been doing photography as a hobby since the days of processing my own film and having my own darkroom and I can tell you the iPhone is capable of capturing great shots. But you have to know what you're doing and you can't have the camera's software interfering with what you're doing. Can an iPhone replace your DSLR (assuming you know what you're doing)? No. The DSLR simply captures more information, has more detail, especially in low-lit situations, and has better color. But for a device you always have in your pocket? It's a pro-level snapshot camera! But it's not replacing your DSLR and for most people that's just fine.