[Studor13]

I'm not quite following you. 

 

 

One of the few things left that compact cameras (up to 1") can do better than a phone is to give better background blur (AKA bokeh).

 

But since the iPhone 7+ with its dual cam giving it an effective zoom of around 28-120mm and the ability to blur backgrounds, it would seem that compacts will be a thing of the past.

 

And now we see that not only can a phone blur the background it can actually remove it - totally!

 

Now, imagine Apple buys the top 85 and 105mm f1.4 lenses and builds 10,000 stock images, and instead of blacking out the background the phone gives you a choice of backgrounds that match the colors of your original image. You now have the face of the iPhone shot combined with a background lens of your choice.

 

“Why couldn't any camera OEM add a similar feature?”

 

Well, that's what I want to know. I'm not sure if the processing powers in a compact camera can do what the iPhone X can do. Also, the iPhone can jump into the Cloud and grab a background from the thousands (millions) of images it will have available. There is no way that a camera - any camera, can do this since it has no cellular connection.

 

Also, the phone doesn't just blur out the background it gives you a choice of lighting effects of the face before you take the shot. Again, I don't know if a camera could offer such a thing.