Sure they do. You just fail to realize it. Professional photography and cinematography is not all big budget Hollywood, and a constantly increasing portion of end usage is on smaller handheld or desktop displays rather than big screen and 4C glossy print.professional photographers and cinematographers don’t use cellular telephones to do their work
Apple's ads prove what iPhone Pros are capable of, and plenty of professional photographers and cinematographers are using them that way. Few professionals are inclined to brag about it, because clients are more impressed by seeing the big expensive Nikon glass in hand. But the security/transportation/handling issues necessary when using all that bulky, heavy, valuable Nikon glass with its substantial tripods mean that a pocketable iPhone Pro with compact tripod may often become a very useable alternative.
Edit: Note that you reference "cellular telephones" whereas I reference "iPhone Pros," and there is a very big difference. An "iPhone Pro" is a very specific subset of "cellular telephones." Contrary to what many Internet wags posting here seem to think, the Pro version of the latest iPhones is indeed a different beast, significantly superior from a camera standpoint.
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