quiquae wrote:
2ndact scene1 wrote:
However, i must admit, cell phone photography is evolving fast - one of the options I had when buying the GR2 was an iPhone 7+. I decided against it for size (the 7+ is huge IMO) and cost ($900?). Plus the rapid obsellence of iPhones based on Apple dropping support of older phones is a potential issue (have not researched so just my impression).
Actually, iPhones go obsolete more slowly than just about any other smartphone in existence. Yesterday Apple announced that iPhone 5 (released 2012) and 5c (2013) will cease to receive OS updates this autumn, ending their run at 4-5 years. This length of support is almost unheard of for smartphones. To wit, contemporary Android phones are long out of support already: Samsung Galaxy S3 (2012) did not receive the update to Android 5.0 in 2014; even Google's Nexus 4 went out of support after 2015.
That said, pretty much all digital cameras get supported for longer than 4-5 years. Everything is relative.
What you wrote about the Androids is true. I had an iPhone 4 since 2011 - 6 years is a very long time. It was supported a very long time. And the thing still works as of today. The only reason I wanted to swap it out was the home button was/is flaky and I couldnt upgrade any of the software on it any longer. But the thing still work. Amazing if you ask me.
I switched to a Samsung S7 Galaxy Edge for 1 week and than went back to Apple. The Android drove me crazy. I had so many issues with the S7 Galaxy, I just want the thing to work. Yes with the Android you can customize it till the cows come home. But there is lots of annoying things with it starting with Google being everywhere in the device. It forces you to do things you dont like - like pulling email whether you want it or not.
I am now trying to sell the S7 Edge. You want to talk depreciation - these things are dropping in price like a brick. I am glad I got it radically discounted when Walmart was clearing them out ($399).
I ended up buying an iPhone 7 and I have to say it takes very impressive pictures for a phone. Its not a DSLR by any means but it works for casual snaps.