iPhone Duo vs Motorola Razr Fold: iOS or Android – Which Makes More Sense for Photographers?
The arrival of Apple’s iPhone Duo makes 2026 an important year for foldable smartphones, although Apple is entering a category that other manufacturers have already spent several years developing. Motorola is particularly interesting because the Razr name has been associated with folding phones for decades, and its new Motorola Razr Fold moves beyond the familiar flip format into the same book-style territory Apple is now exploring. There will be plenty of comparisons based on processors, display sizes and operating systems, but those aren’t really the questions that interest us most at TheAppWhisperer. A folding smartphone only becomes genuinely interesting photographically if the form itself changes what we can do with…
The Democratization of the Photographic Image or How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Camera Phone
For the past week I have been working on an essay examining whether mobile phones have affected our choices of subject matter and how we take photographs. During the course of my extensive research for this project I came upon an excellent article written by Erin Jennings, a fine art photographer and faculty member in the University of Memphis Department of Art. Her article entitled ‘The Democratization of the Photographic Image or How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Camera Phone’, I have republished it here with kind her permission. (foreword, Joanne Carter). Contributed by Erin Jennings. Erin Jennings is a fine art photographer and faculty member in…
