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Should near future smartphones replace professional cameras?

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I never cleaned any lens from any smartphone camera and I hope that future smartphones won't require me to do that.

I don't know almost anything about camera technology; I am not familiar with the professional terminology so in great plea if you post an answer, make it as simple and as accessible for people with my level of knowledge on the subject as you can.

Contemplating the current technologies and possible improvements in the near future (around year 2027.½) is it plausible to assume that smartphones could, by far, replace professional cameras with lenses that require constant replacement and care (especially cleaning, I would guess) so that people could get pretty much the same photography quality but just without constant lens care?

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manassehkatz‭ wrote over 3 years ago

If (which I doubt) professional cameras actually need lens replacement (except for actual breakage, of course) every 'n' years, that would actually be no worse than "replace your smartphone every 'n' years to get new features/more memory/etc.", which is extremely common.