As a iPhone 13 mini user who will likely have to be dragged to a big phone, the 17 makes me very happy. It's going to be an amazing phone when later phones come out and it will hang around awhile.
Look I will explain what happened, so before they were cheap cameras like under 1000$ (CAD, like 700$ USD)... Well the iPhone beat them now and that's why it's difficult to find cams at this price...
So brands mostly make cams above 700US yes...
PS : if you wanna take a picture of an animal, well it can be hard to "frame" like you say... and you might need to zoom.
I believe it says more about the changing media landscape and Apple's approach to it. Social media influencers and podcasters are now more important to the younger generations than traditional marketing was to mine. And Apple needs to generate interest among younger generations to maintain future growth.
This is exactly what it is. If you want to reach the largest audiences, you have to go through the influencers. This is who Gen-Z (and younger millennials) all watch and listen to. They don't watch TV, they don't do Facebook, Barely use Twitter/X, it's all TikTok, Instagram and to some extent YouTube as it facilitates the other two at times.