On smartphone cameras, the Seattle Mariners, and disappointment

The iPhone 14 Pro has one of the best smartphone camera systems money can buy, but it still has its limitations. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

There's the smell of sizzling sausage, car exhaust, and late-season playoff hopes in the air on Tuesday night as I cross the street toward the stadium. I'm carrying a neon green Mariners fanny pack across my chest (that's how the kids are wearing them, right?!?) loaded with the essentials: my ID, Kleenex, a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and an iPhone 14 Pro. The roof of T-Mobile Park hangs open over the adjacent railway, looming like the Death Star, and I head toward an entrance with a few things on my agenda, in no particular order:

• Cheer on the Mariners as they definitely hopefully please dear god end a 20-year playoff drought (Editor's Note: They did, in fact, end the drought last night)
• Collect the Mariners-branded flannel shirt my...

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