Curious... On your current iPhone X, is the regular camera really, really crappy quality? I'm literally ready to bring it to Apple to say if there is ANY motion in the picture, the entire photo is blurry and grainy. Lighting is fine, it just sucks.
FWIW - check out the Pixel 2 or Pixel 3 from Google. My buddy switched from an iPhone 7 and loves his Pixel for the quality camera and UI. If I had the guts to make the switch, I'd prolly do the Pixel switcheroo.
Good luck bruh, and I hear ya on the innovation side. Apple's annual rebuttal for dividend returns is unsustainable because its the same thing every year, except they put an S on it. The X is cool for the full edge to edge screen, but, they're a half year behind other innovative firms...