There's also the "rugged camera" aspect. Some of the ruggedized point and shoots are designed to be used in the wet (most are rated for limited underwater use), to withstand drops from "chest high or a bit higher" onto hard surfaces without breaking, and generally tolerate levels of abuse that a smartphone, even with a case, usually won't put up with. I'll let my toddler run around taking pictures with a rugged point and shoot without worrying about anything beyond "Where on earth will they hide it when they're done?" I usually get something resembling a low FPS video of the house, mostly blurry, but they enjoy it!
There's also the aspect that, for construction documentation, everything is on the camera card. You don't have to pay attention to who has which photos, but, oh, their phone won't run the uploader app right, or their home ISP is slow, or... whatever. You use the camera, you take pictures, they're there.
And I'm still inclined to use a camera for documenting a number of my projects around the property. I don't have to worry about it getting beat up, I can use it in gloves, etc. Plus, the lens is better.
There's also the aspect that, for construction documentation, everything is on the camera card. You don't have to pay attention to who has which photos, but, oh, their phone won't run the uploader app right, or their home ISP is slow, or... whatever. You use the camera, you take pictures, they're there.
And I'm still inclined to use a camera for documenting a number of my projects around the property. I don't have to worry about it getting beat up, I can use it in gloves, etc. Plus, the lens is better.