Is that strictly true? If you want it as thin as today's flagship phones, sure, but if you just go for pocketability, it might not be. There are some fantastica

Is that strictly true? If you want it as thin as today's flagship phones, sure, but if you just go for pocketability, it might not be. There are some fantastically compact, perfectly good prime lenses out there. The top end point-and-shoot lines haven't been updated in ages, but even the old ones were are a pretty damned good compromise.