Why do smartphones have triple-quadruple cameras when “dedicated” cameras have just one? What makes it better and why do we not see the 3-camera setup on actual cameras then?

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Why do smartphones have triple-quadruple cameras when “dedicated” cameras have just one? What makes it better and why do we not see the 3-camera setup on actual cameras then?

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> when “dedicated” cameras have just one?

…They don’t.
I have 5 lenses for my Sony camera.

Now, those little pocket cameras do only have 1, but it is a zoom lens that covers a wide range of focal lengths. The majority of phone cameras don’t have zoom lenses (difficult to fit), so they use multiple lenses to make up for it.