I have an aging (2 years old now) flagship smartphone and basically want a camera that’s as decent as the one I already have, but without Google servers getting pinged every time I’m traveling and want to remember where I am - apparently my phone GPS isn’t enough, Google Play Services insist they must get involved.
Some ideal requirements would include:
- ~3x zoom
- Solid macro photography
- Optical image stabilization
- Functional in low light
- A sensor at least the same size as my phone’s (1/1.3")
- Small enough to fit in some pocket
- GPS tagging
- A sub-$800 price tag?
I understand this is a huge ask, and that modern cell phones have a pocket dimension that somehow fits this hardware inside of them, but I figured I may as well check.
“my foot itches, what’s the best shotgun I can get to blast it off”. this is like problemXY.
a 2-year old ex-flagship is a beast of a device. how do I know? because I run a 7-year old not-flagship and it’s a beast. you tear google’s shit out and keep using it. you can even keep using GCam with a “yeah-playservices-is-present” faker and then disable GCam’s network access.
Google is an adversary. start treating it as such.