I think a lot of folks, especially photo nerds, are put-off by such articles because they don't want to admit that in most conditions a modern phone will be the same, if not better, than their $10,000 rig for actually making photos and posting them to where people want to see them.
I used to do commercial photography with a large national corporation and I would chuckle when the affluent dads at graduations would be fumbling with their settings and different lenses whilst I would swoop in with a $400 DSLR rig and flash and nab a candid photo of the graduate. Now everyone is using their phones and I see the entire industry kinda going down the tube because they can get quick, good-quality photos. Next frontier I think is video instead of stills...
Even the portrait market is a mess, with most successful photographers I've seen making it by providing props and exclusive locations. Run-of-the-mill posed portraits are more and more done by the individual with their phones by a family member, and with the new DOF manipulations and such, they look more or less the same as the pro DSLR with a fast prime. Of course a good photographer can make better compositional choices and pose people to look their best - but is good enough, well, good enough?
