Says who?
My father was buying C7 before i explained him that you can't really take close ups of documents. So he ended buying GS.

Most people do macroshots and anyways it's not even about how many takes them when you are simply talking about crappier cameras. Nokia has been able to get af cameras before on it's ~200 euros phones so why not now?
It's just cheapness that nobody should defend no matter how much you like the brand.