[One (M7) General] VictorC:
Please, somebody help me! Give me some feedback!

I'm really having trouble with some aspects of the phone's camera and if what I'm getting is truly what the camera is capable of then I would have to say I'm very disappointed.

I've started a new thread with my problems http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317507 (and apparently I'm not alone) in the Q&A section, but it didn't engage enough users :|

Fortunately (not for me, apparently), from the photos I've seen taken by other users on this whole thread (and believe me I've bean through the whole 223 pages of it) the camera and it's results are not that crappy -> So I must assume it's something wrong with mine... Very wrong..

I have some problems with focus in normal daylight, but the real problems start in low light (sometimes not that very low) and very low light.

The biggest problem is the NOISE - red, blue or purple noise

-> Full auto (or night shot, or HDR), no dirt on lens, nu smudges on lens, every sample below is after 5-6-7 tries!!! I couldn't get any better results.

Almost every time (at least in very low light) my photos drip with blue, purple and red noise where it should suppose to be black. (Even in moderate low light)

Just take a look at these samples below. They don't have a chance to be compared to what other people have posted on this thread.

I'm desperate. No, hold that thought. I'm furious. I came to the One from a One X (April 2012 batch) which pestered me with tons of quality issues. I can't remember the times I took it into service (because, hey, nobody here in Romania knows the meaning of the word "replacement" and all the time they only like to fix things and take two bloody weeks at a time while doing so... :mad: )

I really hoped I could get lucky with the One (I just couldn't consider SGS4 as an option, tough ...) I actually tried my best to give me a fighting chance. I saved my cash (bought it full price, no carrier subsidize) and I went from store to store to inspect my future unit closer, to see that it didn't have the build quality issues discussed here (gaps, overhang, dead pixels, chipped white plastic etc). I tried a lot of them... I really did.

Finally, I found one which was almost perfect (on the outside at least and with a fully working screen - Made in Shanghai on the 12th of May). It just took me a few days to see how wrong I was... Damn it!

I'll let these photos speak themselves (you can see some other examples of horrible photos in this theard: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317507 ) -

This photo was took in my office, with enough light.... Trust me, my keyboard is totally black, not red like it shows here..

1/14 s ISO 400

No matter how many times I've tried focusing on the egg shell, I just couldn't get it (I've tried like 10 or 12 times) and just look at the blue and purple in the photo.

Trust me, there was plenty of light around (tried with an iPhone 4 for cryin' out loud and it came out crisp, with less noise and, admittedly, less light, but still...)

1/20 s ISO 400

Best out of 5 tries :| There was enough light...

1/10 s ISO-1000

This is a Night Shot -> Look at all the blue in this photo... Best out of five times (five!!)

1/14 s ISO - 500

Night shot - tried to focus it on the nice lighted building on the center-left -> best shot out of 6...

1/12 s ISO-800

From the car, with the window rolled down (no, there were no finger prints or smudges on my lens):

1/10 s ISO - 1000

From inside the taxi - best pic out of 3 shots (sometimes it gets blue, sometimes it gets red..):

1/14 ISO-1000

This is an example of very low light with just some lamp posts behind the trees:

1/7 s ISO - 2000

An this is my dark hall in my apartment, apparently it's red:

1/7 s ISO - 2000

[MENTION=4386647]Riyal[/MENTION] - he shares my distress and has similar issues :(