How often do you need to take panoramic pictures? Not that often, but it's fun and gimmicky enough that it's on the iPhone.
If (when) we can make a cheap and small sensor that can provide depth data to the camera to make cool looking 3D pictures, it'll likely find its way on smartphone cameras.
In 2050, will our pictures still be 2D arrays of RGB pixels?
Perhaps more to the point, how often do you "need" to take pictures at all? Smartphone cameras have proliferated even though most people don't "need" to be able to take pictures of their food or whatever.
If (when) we can make a cheap and small sensor that can provide depth data to the camera to make cool looking 3D pictures, it'll likely find its way on smartphone cameras.
In 2050, will our pictures still be 2D arrays of RGB pixels?