merci! glad if this was helpful...
actually, using smarties is cool, cheap, fast, easy... can give you good results at times (when good lightning)... you shouldnt ditch it into the gutter... but its not art of photography, its kinda an art of fast-food of getting result xD

its all very pricey... especially lenses... eapecially good ones! so I really advise you - choose a system, get a 2-handed DSLR camera for cheap, get a good (the cheapest or a bitbetter level) 50-mm which is pretty universal - and then, shoot, shoot, shoot, have fun, and make out some priorities for yourself! you will see if its a fun for you and worth investing into more serious stuff.. smth like that!

ps. may I suggest to share with you a link to some smartphone photos?.. just so that you have a starting point for comparison.