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A point and shoot camera is sometimes called a fixed lens camera,
because the point and shoot cannot change lenses. The lenses are
built directly into the camera body. A point and shoot camera also is
very easy to use, as it doesn't offer quite the level of manual
control options that a DSLR camera offers, which is where it receives
its name. You just point the camera at the subject and shoot in fully
automatic mode.

Camera manufacturers are cutting back on the number of point and
shoot cameras they create, as the cameras on smartphones are
improving to the point where people would rather carry the smartphone
alone, rather than carrying a smartphone and a digital camera.

apparently you want to make up your own definitions to suit your
agenda. good luck with that.

I have more than one fixed-lens camera that has better lenses and more
control than any smartphone I've seen and more than a Canon DSLR that I
own; a Sony with Zeiss lens that is over a decade old, a Panasonic with
Leica lens (also aged) and Olympus TG-4. They all produce images as good
as or better than the Canon and Nikon DSLRs that I have. They have their
limitations but it isn't their performance, so I don't have a definition
for "p&s" that can be generally applied to the kinds of comments you've
made.

now go try editing your photos *on* your camera, including selective
focus or portrait lighting *after* the shot. try shooting 4k videos and
editing them *on* the camera. or shoot panoramas without having to
manually stitch individual photos.

once all that's done, then upload the results to the 'net from anywhere
there's cellular service or wifi.

and that's just for starters.

You're dancing again.

it ain't me who is dancing.

None of those are CAMERA functions, they're
editing functions and have nothing to do with image quality.

wrong, not that it matters.

the fact is that all of that can be done *on* a smartphone and *cannot*
be done on a p&s camera.

and selective focus *is* a camera function, as is panorama.

your p&s might even have panorama mode, but it's very primitive in
comparison to a smartphone.

it does *not* have selective focus, however.

some smartphones create a depth map of the subject, where focus can be
adjusted *after* the photo was taken. which p&s captures a depth map?
none.

as i said, that's just for starters.

Keep it up,
and you'll be back where you were when you claimed that airplanes didn't
have brakes

only on the ground, when they are *not* functioning as an airplane,
something which was quite clear.

and there were no cameras with interchangeable film and
digital backs.

i never said any such thing. stop lying.

ad hominem attacks and outright lies means you have nothing.