Connection failed: Why are cameras’ smartphone apps so infuriating?

Your latest camera probably has Wi-Fi capabilities, yet we know a lot of people say they simply don’t use that capability at all. In part this is because the potentially useful image transfer apps can be awkward or unreliable to use. Why is it so difficult to simply transfer some images to your phone? It’s been nearly twenty years since Nikon introduced the first Wi-Fi enabled cameras and 16 years since the iPhone helped to ushered in the modern



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