This pictures fits here too, shameless crossposting:
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Holy guacamole, is that shooped or for reals?
ahh I'm an idiot, it's clearly real.
It is real, I did not do shooping here, except a Lightroom exposure setting here and there!
hmm how are those middle ones darker? did you mod them?
I did not mod them, but the gnomes did produce them for sure. I did not know that they are not seen yet, they seem to be a poor mans version of the silver Checkeys! The color is nice though, a rather dark grey I would say. Also there is no F2 mark there, only the nice FX logo surrounded by a circle:
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i like the focused and unfocused bits (haha i have no clue about photography terminology). your pics make me want to get a real camera.
Bokeh, breh.
Side-effect of shallow depth of field. 
ah yeah that's it. thanks hoff. 
i'm assuming i'd need a special lens for that?
wait never mind. i don't want to go down the photography rabbit hole.
You'd basically just need a lens with an adjustable aperture, if you want to control the bokeh. Really, any lens can give you bokeh if it has a shallow depth of field. But typically if a camera has an in-built lens (like a phone), it's intended to give you a wider depth of field since that's what you want for "most" pictures.
cool, thanks for the info! i haven't done any research yet, but if i do get a new camera, i was thinking of one of those more compact mirrorless ones that takes different lenses. not too expensive, since i would probably just end up using it only for taking pics of keyboard stuffs and my cat. 
and... obligatory clack pic - my first clacks.
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I have a mirrorless camera and absolutely love it. Small and easy to take with me, and it accepts all the old vintage analog lenses that I inherited. So I shoot with a pretty decent macro lens for an additional cost of $20. :)
The most important aspects of a shot are lighting and composition, so having a *good* camera is really all you need. Diminishing returns and all that. That said, if you want perfect colors and better low light performance you'll see improvements as you spend more.
And keep in mind I'm just an enthusiast who takes pics and has taken a class or two. I'm by no means an expert. ;)
Hoff explained everything perfect! Unfortunately it is really a little bit of a rabbit hole when you want good low light performance and gorgeous looking bokeh, and overall nice and not harsh rendering. All of these parameters together result in rather expensive lenses. I do have a 50mm lens which I got for free with an old analog camera, which is really nice and I do also use it from time to time. It works and there are good results, but when there are extremely different light sources it gets very bad. Recently I got the LG G4, which has a decent smartphone camera, and for normal day to day use it is perfect. But for everything else I really love DSLRs or other sophisticated cameras.
