Snapchat is a terrible example; they don't actually use the camera to take pictures, they just take a screenshot of the camera on-screen view.
Not surprisingly so if you've worked with Android's Camera(2) APIs
Re:16-inch MacBook Pro
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:27AM
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...and that's how people use their phone cameras. Very low-quality; very temporary.
Not everyone.
Re:16-inch MacBook Pro
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:51AM
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Snapchat has 170M daily users as of 2019.
Re:16-inch MacBook Pro
by read_if_gay_ on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:05AM
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And how many daily users do you think the Camera app has?
189 Million
That’s the estimated US iPhone install base. Apple said it was above 900M globally in January.
> if a phone really wanted to take good pictures (and not just market 'megapixels') they'd have focus, light balance, shutter speed controls
Any high-end smartphone can manually control the focus, white balance, shutter speed and shoot RAW. On the iPhone you need a third-party app to access it, but plenty of Android devices include that in their default camera.
In fact, if a phone really wanted to take good pictures (and not just market 'megapixels') they'd have focus, light balance, shutter speed controls. About all they can do is take still portraits.