phone camera

Built-in mobile shooter

A phone camera is the camera built into a smartphone, now the most common way people take photographs.

The term distinguishes it from standalone cameras: The photo quality is impressive for a phone camera.

Phone cameras have largely replaced point-and-shoot cameras for casual photography, though serious photographers still prefer dedicated equipment.

Related

optical zoom · zoom · megapixel · snapshot · photo dump · filter · portrait · portrait mode · shutter · focus · HDR · aperture · capture · live photo · gallery · blur · bokeh · wide-angle

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camera type/dedication

phone cameraDSLR

Mirror-reflex digital camera

Hasselblad · mirrorless camera · SLR · camcorder · Leica

technological era

phone cameradaguerreotype

First commercial photography method

box camera · 35mm camera · Polaroid · pinhole camera · disposable camera

portability and size

phone camerastudio camera

Professional broadcast video capture device

view camera · IMAX camera

Family

phone, camera, phones, phoned, phoning, phonetic, phonetics, phoneme, phonology

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G