[One (M8) General] WookieFan:
So, without being rude or implying that you haven't done your research, I can say that you are easily the only person I have heard of who has had that experience with multiple phones. Additionally, I know that people come to these fora with the expressed intention of criticizing HTC's phones, simply because they had a bad experience. Just because I am new to the device doesn't mean I am new to these fora or to the M7 - I made an educated decision to get one. So, yes, I did my research. Perhaps the camera problem just isn't as extensive a one as you make it out to be?

So you admit that this may not be as common a problem as you are suggesting? And I understand that HTC will receive the cameras with the issue and repair them for free, the issue commonly being due to a heat sink for the camera. Same-day turnaround. Name me one smartphone that had new tech and had a perfect release record.

I have yet to have a focus problem with mine, and exposure has been dead-on in most situations, unlike your experience. I do sometimes have the discoloration problem - in low light only. A direct comparison with my Nikon D7000, and an HTC One X, Rezound and Nexus One (admittedly very old tech) all have more trouble with low-light photos. The Nikon, in fact, will barely focus at all in low light without focus assist and that really only helps about half the time.

I remember hearing loads of marketing BS about the N5's camera, pre-release. And what's the N5's main problem? The camera. Enough that Google sent out an out-of-band update to correct the issue. iPhones? Camera issues. Apple wouldn't release the White iPhone 4 because the camera couldn't expose properly with the flash. How quickly we forget. The HTC One is in illustrious company - it is obviously not easy to make a camera that makes everyone happy.

I haven't seen your photos, because they didn't show up in Chrome or in Tapatalk. But your providing blurry or low-quality pictures, even in comparison to other phones is completely subjective. Trusted sources (The Verge, Engadget) were very positive about the One and its camera.

It seems to me more that you have an axe to grind more than anything else. I was responding to the OP who has said that other phones (in the vague future) will have better cameras, and that's about the bajillionth time I've heard that. Stop kidding yourselves. 16 MP won't make smartphone cameras any better. It just makes them a better status symbol.

Also I appreciate that more MP allows you to crop, but let me ask you something. How many people do you know who do extensive post-processing with camera-phone pictures? Because I don't know anyone who does that. Not one person. I don't even do that, and I do take photography seriously. Everyone I know shares the photos online or via text/email. In five years of Android use, I haven't printed one photo from a smartphone I have owned. I doubt I am in the minority. So why do we talk about cropping?

Bottom line? The One's camera deserves it's praise. I don't think a minority of bad experiences under very specific circumstances should be allowed to change that.

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Ooow. A troll expresses disbelief. I'll go into a corner and hide now.