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That's fair, but in my experience for many people the camera and/or battery are the main reasons to upgrade to a new phone (Also the reason why the presentations focus on the camera for a big chunk of time usually I'd guess) so if they want to compete with that it makes sense to have a decent camera.

It is enabled by smartphone reviewers excluding it from thickness measurements. I bet camera bumps would be a lot less prominent if they were clearly represented.

Same. I rarely use the camera. I almost never take photos and when I do it's like a serial number or something that I just don't want to write down.

I do sometimes use the video for remote meetings but I don't care about picture quality for those.

You might like the Pixel 10a/9a, they have an almost flush back. For this thread, not european but instead GrapheneOS capable.