I still take pictures with a camera instead of a phone – and you should too

Credit where it’s due — the cameras on current smartphones are a major technical achievement. In the pre-smartphone era, “camera phones” were their own niche, and not terribly useful, since all you got was a low-resolution file, and typically an ugly one unless you shot under perfect conditions. Today, the best phones can produce images comparable to pro cameras, and have actually been used to shoot A-tier music videos and movies.