You can break down the history of photography into two eras: pre- and post-
smartphone. Reductive? You bet. But from a numbers standpoint, it's not giving enough weight to the post-smartphone era, since FAR more photos have been taken in the last few years than in the preceding 200.
It’s become common to say that mobile phones killed the digital camera...but it’s also not likely. A digital single-lens reflex camera can obviously do a lot that your phone never can. But it can also do a lot that your phone was meant to do, but better. If you want to ramp up your Insta-game, a pro camera might not be as daunting to the newbie as you think. https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/why-your-phone-camera-will-never-be-as-good-as-dslr/tech
