Comment on Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade

• Kage520@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  For me the camera was a selling point. I was tired of hauling around a dslr on my trips. I find that the smart processing is good enough 90% of the time and I don’t want to both haul the camera and handle the post processing anymore. I’d rather just have 90% quality photos of my family and spend more time with them. Hire a photographer for weddings, etc, but really the smart processing is pretty impressive for day to day and even trips.

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean this right here: I miss those glorious days in the late 2000s when phones were fun. You could buy a phone that fit your lifestyle. If you text and email a lot, get a phone with a keyboard. Take a lot of photos? Get a camera phone. Like listening to music? Here’s a media phone. Like games? Here’s a gaming phone. Just want a thing that can make phone calls that will last a month on a charge because you don’t use it much? Here’s a regular old flip phone.

    Nowadays you don’t even have a real choice in size. Want a small phone that’s easy to fit in a pocket because you usually have a laptop with you anyway? Get bent!

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• QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Unfortunately for you, you’re in the minority. People have proven they’ll upgrade for better cameras.

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  • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    See how I said “I”, that means it’s a personal view so the statistics for the masses don’t matter…but also this post is about declining sales.

    You made zero substantive input to this conversation.

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    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No need to be rude.

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      • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This is the reply of someone with nowhere else to go, there is no need to be rude just as there is no need to be relevant I guess.

        You were snarky initially and it was unnecessary, you get back what you put out.

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• khorak@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was considering getting a mirrorless camera and a compact lens setup for traveling with my family. After a week of researching I stayed with my phone. It’s a huge pita (especially once you consider post processing) and the only situations where you will really need one is low light or evening pictures, and nature photography.

  So no, hauling a dslr and 3kg of lens is not really a solution, especially with a kid in one arm. My phone is several years old (Oneplus 7 Pro) and the only thing I wish it had was modern camera and software to match.

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  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My phone’s camera is complete shit and I still don’t bother with my DSLR for the reasons you describe.

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  • severien@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You can get way more compact mirrorless, my Fuji X-E3 + 35mm f/2 is 550g and the difference in image quality is very clear.

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• deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Like what, though? What is a need you have that your smartphone does not currently serve?

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  • admin@lemmy.my-box.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In 2017 I bought a Lenovo P2. It had a midrange processor, 64gb of storage (pretty decent for the time), amoled screen, audio jack, 5100 mAh battery, and a price tag of €350.

    I only had to charge it every other day, video looked amazing and it was decently prized.

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  • Mkengine@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I want my phone to be usable with a dock where I can put in a keyboard, mouse and screen to use as a PC like the steam deck.

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    • severien@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Isn’t Samsung DEX exactly that?

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      • Mkengine@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Wow you are right, I never heard of that.

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