IDG Contributor Network: Why do new smartphones at MWC19 need so many cameras

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Looking at all the product introductions at this year MWC 19, we saw sooooo many cameras on smartphones
Why Apple iPhone, Google Android and countless others all have multiple cameras
Do we really need that many on a single device Do we even want them What about the personal privacy implicationsWe are taking a great idea
too far
Years ago, cellphones were just, well, wireless phones
Then mobile phone makers started to add lots of new features
The camera was one of them
It started out as a way to capture a rough and scratchy image
Then, especially over the last several years, it gotten much better.Today, smartphone makers seem to think if there is one great camera on
the device, two would be better
Then three, four, five, even six
Someone should tell them, enough is enough already!