

It’s pretty common nowadays. Iphones just don’t have good zoom, they never tried to be great in that field, so others who try, easily can “set new standarts”. My OnePlus phone too beats iPhone (16 pro max) in zoomed shots when comparing to co-worker’s phone. But that’s the catch - only in zoomed shots.
In quick point and shoot at 1x, iphone is still the king.
I’m trying to come up with an answer any other than “well, yes”, because, well, yes. What I understand by realistic is “non-scripted, simulated”. Bad Company didn’t have that, the destruction there was fully scripted, especially houses falling apart, which were essentially animations, so it became predictable pretty fast.