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Re:iPhone 8 Plus: The best smartphone camera we’ve ever tested by jdminhbg on Friday September 22, 2017 @12:35PM (#15313645)
> If you, someone experienced with "real" camera gear, were "astonished" by the iphone 7+ pictures and thought they were taken by "five grand worth of gear", then for the average person further gains are going to be unremarkable.

I take issue with this, but even granting it as true for the sake of argument: most people aren't upgrading from a 7+ to an 8+... they're upgrading from a 5S, or a 6, and the difference is massive. Portrait Mode alone is giant leap forward for normal people taking pictures of kids or pets.

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Re:iPhone 8 Plus: The best smartphone camera we’ve ever tested by vinay427 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:36AM (#15319658)
The original claim (GP of the comment you quoted) was:

> I think we're getting to the point where the incremental gains we're seeing with each new phone cycle are almost unnoticeable to the average user

That's why the comparison between phones of successive years was made. That being said, I'm not disagreeing with your claim that most people will upgrade from older devices.

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