When purchasing a phone, I tend to go with what is more robust over what has more features. I just drop them way too often. I like the Sony line so far. Haven't killed one yet by dropping it.
But when it comes to cameras, loads of bargains can be had if you know what you're looking for. Granted, it's the Indian more than the Arrow when it comes to photos. But if your bow is a huge pain to use, yer not gonna get off as many shots, and you occasionally may just leave it at home and bring an axe instead. So you do want the camera to be well designed and have good guts
Most phone cameras are junk. The best ones are hard to use junk. Yeah, you can occasionally get a great shot, but that is not the rule. It's a tiny sensor and a tiny lens, and not much processing power reserved for it VS the rest of the phone. They can only do so much.
Most recent APSC sized cameras are great. Even consumer models. I actually mainly use a consumer model Canon M3 nowadays because I can put it in a coat or hoodie pocket. It still has the controls I need to make adjustments to the image before I snap it, but it's really designed for your average consumer. It still has a great sensor, great lens options, and decent AF(after a recent firmware update), and is easy to use shooting in manual modes. I paid €275 for it and the lens. I'll put up a few pics from it and from a Sony A7s I got as a birthday gift. The Sony A7s is a top of the line full frame digital camera with uncontested dynamic range regardless of price.
Here's some images from 5 different cameras I have used. They vary hugely in price, especially lenses. In fact, one of these images is made with a super sharp prime lens on a super cheap camera body(I paid like $150), and another with a super expensive body and lens.