What camera do I buy? / general gear talk

Really? Is the IQ of the iPhone X on par with a gr2?

I don't know, I own neither.
I guess it isn't. Or maybe in bright scenes it actually is.

I think the point is more if somebody would actually notice the difference that isn't a photographer.

I'm replying "iPhone" a lot in this thread as I genuinely think that most people that ask for something "good quality and compact" will indeed be quite happy just shooting those.
Of course there's better image quality available, but the question really is if you honestly notice (or care) - the differences are getting quite small really, depending on the situation.
If you don't need to make a huge print from it most likely it will be totally fine; let's face it most of the population just looks at things on their phones anyway, laptop at most, and point of sufficiency for this has been reached a long time ago.
Plus (huge plus actually) you fucking always have the thing with you, and it's super easy to shoot great photos with it.
Can't you even get RAW files out of the newer iPhones now if you want to get all 'pro' and fuck around with the files in Lightroom on your iPad later?

Surely this is miles away from what a 5D can deliver - in principle, in the right light, with the right lens, in the right hands, with proper know how, and shot discipline..
..but you know, that's not how it is in real life.

The guy I bought my D3 from got it "for taking pictures of the dog", realised "it's too heavy though".