I used to buy nice quality Sony point and shoot models and used to like playing around with manual mode as you could do things phones at the time could not, particularly in low light. They were also somewhat portable and just about fit in a pocket, there was no way I was going to carry around a DSLR

But I don't think i've touched it in years now, not quite sure which iPhone suddenly made it redundant, I think maybe the iPhone 10? Low light performance on the iPhone has advanced in leaps and bounds and that's what I found I used it most for.