[lm28469]

I mostly thought the same but came to the realisation that the target of these devices are people using instagram, reddit, snapchat, &c. or taking quick snapshots to send to their friends/family. These pictures are made to be consumed and discarded in < 5s by the average viewer so it's not really a big deal. They'll scroll, say "oh wow" internally, click the like button and continue on scrolling.

No one will ever print those in 20x30in and frame them, hence no one cares about edge to edge sharpness or raw files. The "auto" post processing and night mode are the important parts.

> When I take a picture I rather have the real RAW data in the picture instead of processed jpg that I can't control.

afaik you can do that on most smartphones worth taking pictures with.

[TeMPOraL]

> No one will ever print those in 20x30in and frame them, hence no one cares about edge to edge sharpness or raw files.

People still want to hang pictures on the walls and have family albums. Maybe it's a diminishing use case, but the sad thing is, it's not this that makes camera optimized for quick, ephemeral snapshots. It's the optimization for quick snapshots that's pushing out the more permanent use of photos.