Megapixels? They don't matter.
All right! I Hereby submit this as definitive proof that megapixel counts in smartphone cameras does not matter. So we did a super scientific test of the best 16 smartphone cameras that came out in the last calendar year and it was a side by side blind voting test you can see for yourself still at Vote.mkbhd.com So 20 plus million votes later, the overall winner spoiler alert was the 12 megapixel pixel 6A Of course, dispelling quickly that you have to have the most expensive one to win. But also take a look at this. this is a chart for votes per megapixel and what you'll notice is not only do the 12 megapixel cameras all bubble to the top, but there's a lot of roughly 50 megapixels in the middle.
and the worst performing phone here was the 200 megapixel Moto Edge 30 Ultra So I mean really, it's just math. Clearly, doubling your megapixel count does not get anywhere near doubling the quality of your photo. So honestly, at this point my spicy hot take is you should just ignore the megapixel count in smartphone cameras entirely unless it's something weird like two megapixels or something.
Thanks. I do agree. But showing a chart "votes per Megapixel" does not proof anything as people couldn't even distinguish between 12 or 48 Megapixels as the pixels are to small to get recognized at all. Just zoom in on the pictures and start the vote again. This would be a fair vote then. Megapixels do improve the appearance of a picture just by its resulotion. All the other attributes of a photo that defines the "quality of a photo" cannot be improved by Megapixels but are rated by people. Don't create unfair votes and make imprecise conclusion, please.
The flaw in the conclusion is that a democratic vote on the best looking picture does not mean that picture is the best quality.
Yep. My Pixel 5a has been an epiphany. Been using it for over a year. Absolutely loving it for overall performance.
Well yeah just means it's like a bigger file I think
We knew that like 15 years ago. But it's still somehow working
Smartphones should display their radiometric resolution. Then it will be clear as a day which one is better
Sensor size matters
But people are trained to think more is better. 8 cylinders is better than 6 and 6 is better than 4. Same thing goes with Gamecube V1 and when they released V2 of Gamecube people simply thought it was better but Nintendo actually got rid of the Digital video ouput port and forcing people to use analog video which is a downgrade. So newer or more is not necessary better.
The waffle house has found its new host
What is votes per megapixel supposed to mean?
Its not haw much megapixels you have it's haw much big your sensor
decade after decade . same question, same answer.