Wrong on so many levels. If you don't want to pay, then don't. Get an older phone or not the high end. The extra performance is used. Modern photography uses

Wrong on so many levels. If you don't want to pay, then don't. Get an older phone or not the high end. The extra performance is used. Modern photography uses a ton of power, and recording even more so. Granted, I also think that progress in other parts of the phone has slowed, but it's not like CPU people are the same people deciding how much battery you get in a phone.