<prompt> Human: Im a senior in high school and work at Cracker Barrel.Im very interested in pursuing film as a career, and am planning to take a gap year after graduating to work full time and build my film portfolio for college.However, the device I currently use for videos is my BlackBerry PRIV, which is aging rapidly and has a very subpar camera. It can shoot okay videos, but they are very clearly cell phone videos and have extremely poor quality in even moderately low lighting. It also is suffering from a long list of ailments including the SIM card disconnecting every minute or so, the volume down button sometimes cutting out for weeks at a time, random restarts every few days, a headphone jack that only gets audio in the right ear if the jack is held in the exact right position, constant dropped frames and app crashes from the processor, and more.Im interested in saving up for a Google Pixel 2 XL, which has a top-notch camera that would negate my need for a dedicated filming device and solve my current phones ailments. However, it is quite expensive 950 for the larger storage option, which Id need to store videos since there isnt an SD slot. Id do this by putting aside money from my weekly paycheck and selling used electronics from the thrift shop I frequent. My paycheck is pretty small since I dont have enough free time to expand my hours 80 when I work twice in a week, 40 when I work once, but the electronics sales could potentially add significantly, as the shop regularly sells items worth 50100 for less then 5.But, the money could potentially be used better otherwise, and it is a significant amount for my current financial situation. But then again, my phone is a ticking time bomb that could stop working at any moment, and buying a camera alone would be more expensive and less versatile than an all-in-one device.  <response>: Youd be better served with a used DSLR. Phones have fine cameras, but really arent a match for a large, fast lens. 