While people can now argue about "pixel details" regarding their latest smartphones, comparing the latest iPhone 4S and Galaxy S2 to exhaustion and back again; it wouldn't hurt to take a step back and look at how much things have evolved over the past 4 years.
That's exactly what Lisa Bettany did in Camera+, taking shots with every iPhone model: the original iPhone, 3G, 3GS, 4 and 4S, and also throwing a compact Canon S95 and a professional 5D MkII into the mix.
Sure, no one would expect a smartphone camera to compete with a professional dSLR, but the most interesting point is that current high-end smartphones can indeed compete and even surpass compact cameras - and let's not forget a smartphone is something we carry along with us most of the time (unlike a camera, even a compact one.)
The iPhone camera has improved a lot since its original model, but the real deal was actually made in the 3GS generation, when it went from a fixed focus camera to a auto-focus one.
From now on, every new improvement is likely to be less noticeable than the previous one - simply because we're getting to a point where the current photos are already "more than good" enough for most people.
[via Petapixel]
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