14 DAY TRIAL // As if Microsoft’s own comments weren’t frustrating enough for hardcore Windows Phone fans who do not agree with the company focusing so much on the iPhone, here’s another former executive praising Apple’s device.
Vic Gundotra, who is more known for his former job at Google, but who also spent no less than 15 years at Microsoft, said in a Facebook post that the iPhone 7 can fully replace a DSLR camera, praising the portrait mode that Apple offers on the bigger Plus model.
Gundotra says the iPhone 7 Plus contributes to “the end of the DSLR,” pointing out that the photos the device takes are “stunning.” The portrait mode is exclusively available on the iPhone 7 Plus and puts the subject in focus by applying a blur effect to the background. Similar features already exist on rival smartphones and the same effect can be applied by other models too, including Samsung’s own Galaxy S8.
“The end of the DSLR for most people has already arrived. I left my professional camera at home and took these shots at dinner with my iPhone 7 using computational photography (portrait mode as Apple calls it). Hard not to call these results (in a restaurant, taken on a mobile phone with no flash) stunning. Great job Apple,” Gundotra explains in his post.
Microsoft loves the iPhone too
While it’s a bit surprising that Gundotra hasn’t praised the Google Pixel XL, which is also capable of shooting very high-quality photos, especially because Google is his last employer, the iPhone 7 appears to be preferred by more and more executives involved in the tech industry.
Microsoft, for example, which is the company where Gundotra spent no less than 15 years, including the position of General Manager of Platform Evangelist, is hard at work to make all of its services available on the iPhone, a move that has caused to an avalanche of criticism from its very own customers.
Windows Phone users feel Microsoft is neglecting its own mobile platform while improving iPhone and Android, despite the company dropping hints every once in a while that something big could be coming for its own devices as well.