About megapixel, I’ll admit I’ve been caught up in that from time to time though I know better as an old time hoppy photographer.
I even bought into the Huawei p20 hype and that was a disappointment, really disappointing. The Koreans has this odd software interpreting the light hitting the sensor and it gives this ugly digital look. Had the same issue with HTC back in the days and it seems like they like it like that (Korean manufacturers)?
I saw this shoot out between Huawei P20 pro and the old pureview 808. Side by side pictures not stating which was which until the end when pressing an ‘result’ button. And I picked all the 808 pics as my favourite ones as the P20 pros just had this ugly digital look whereas the pureview had a more original cellulite feel and look.
So if the camera component is of great quality, on paper, it doesn’t mean that the pics will be. Software is essential for the outcome.
I believe the 12 mpx will be sufficient for taking good pics if the software backs it up. Time will tell.
On a side note I was pretty happy with the 5mpx on the N900, even more so with the community developed camera apps that popped up over time here on TMO :-D
Though I must say that Sony makes some pretty good camera phones in there high end range, even the 960fps slow motion has a pretty good quality compared to Huaweis high end range that does the same.
I think this phone will do just fine in the camera department ;-)