The best camera is the one you have with you. And the phone cams keep getting better. But all phone cameras have limitations. After getting frustrated with my iphone I bought a Sony A3000. I can control shutter speed and aperture. I don't run out of space because it uses cards for storage. I can shoot at night because I can adjust the ISO. I can edit the RAW files in Lightroom and can save as high quality files instead of just JPEGS. A lot of people are getting bitten by the photography bug. Many of them will want to take it farther and will be moving to "real" cameras.