Why remove camera features?

[matt3166]

I was literally about to click the checkout button when I discovered the the Nexus 5x doesn't have camera features that the 6p has but I'm confused why. I don't really care about the slow mode but the burst photos? Come on Google, your photos app makes gifts from burst shots and you deny it from your phone? Phones from a few years ago could do it, there are apps out there that do it, so saying that the processor you put in the 5x in 2015 can't handle is a completely bad joke.

 

[eaccentsac]

I was literally about to click the checkout button when I discovered the the Nexus 5x doesn't have camera features that the 6p has but I'm confused why. I don't really care about the slow mode but the burst photos? Come on Google, your photos app makes gifts from burst shots and you deny it from your phone? Phones from a few years ago could do it, there are apps out there that do it, so saying that the processor you put in the 5x in 2015 can't handle is a completely bad joke.

That would be odd to say that it is because of the processor....there are several phones currently out there that can do burst mode with the same processor, no? Moto X Pure comes to mind...

 

[MartinMPL]

It may have been felt that there was a limitation with the processor or possibly due to the lower storage space.

 

[matt3166]

It may have been felt that there was a limitation with the processor or possibly due to the lower storage space.

Isn't that the reason for the unlimited storage in Photos?

 

[bsbharath1987]

Maybe this is a software limitation, and perhaps soon enough there would be a way around to enable the burst shooting.

 

[MartinMPL]

Isn't that the reason for the unlimited storage in Photos?

Yes but camera shots are stored locally, no?

 

[matt3166]

Yes but camera shots are stored locally, no?

You can always delete them. Thats why Google and Apple both have 16GB phone, not only for a cheaper starting price but they want you to use their cloud storage.

 

[ArtVandelay]

Maybe I'm crazy, but since the camera hardware is the same, couldn't you just install the 6P camera apk?

 

[PhiPsi32]

I don't think the feature is supported by the 5X processor