For the average consumer looking to produce images closer to what the human eye sees, HDR is fantastic for improving your images with little to no work on your part. (If you don’t know what HDR is, it’s the capturing of multiple images at different lighting settings, all at the same time. The software merges the images into one to create a better-exposed image.) In my opinion, Smart HDR has been a major reason for me to recommend new iPhones over entry-level and semi-pro cameras. Properly exposing images on a camera is not easy to do–it took me a solid two years of shooting daily to feel comfortable enough with lighting and camera settings to reliably get it right every time. That learning curve got in the way of me developing the creative side of photography earlier on. The fact that Smart HDR gets better and better with each phone is a major reason to upgrade. The newest capability combines face detection with Smart HDR so that faces are better exposed.