The iPod touch just became the best budget digital camera

It would be great if a statement like this had been issued by some form of camera reviewer, and not a blog citing MacRumors. There are a lot of reasons I'd buy an iPod touch (like being a burner test device for iOS 8), but to have a pocket camera isn't one of them.

Why do peole buy P&amp;S cameras? Switch the device on - can take a picture. Startup times are counted in specs!<p>Then optical zoom is a selling point, sometimes even exchangable batteries and flash. Waterproof cameras seem to sell a bit. None of these features apply to the iPod touch. The iPod does not even have a shutter button.<p>Statements to position the iPod touch as a &quot;cheap&quot; camera have nothing to do with reality. The author should not confuse the iPod camera with the iPhone 5s camera.

<i>The iPod touch is the perfect camera for someone who may not want the additional functionality or cost of the iPhone, yet wants to take great photos</i><p>The photo quality from the iPod is dramatically worse than the iPhone. The iPod Touch isn&#x27;t just an iPhone minus cellular.

<p><pre><code> Apple has always positioned the iPod touch as more of a casual gaming device than anything else, which is doing the device a disservice </code></pre> Why is that? I bought an ipod touch (4th gen, a couple years ago) specifically for ios games &amp; don&#x27;t give a damn about taking pictures.<p>There are plenty of other ways to take a picture but ipod touch is the cheapest way to play ios games.