iBTimes says more megapixels is better when comparing Nokia Lumia 920 to Padfone 2. LOL.
I know the article I’m responding to is more link bait designed to troll responses, but I’ve seen far too many posts by this author that makes me think that she is either: a) just not too clued up about what she talks about or b) that she is, unfortunately, an idiot.
I wrote and deleted a long response to the whole article as my attempt felt a little futile.
Let me focus on one part of which someone who writes for the “TECHNOLOGY” column on IBTimes should know. Even my non techy friends are aware of this: Megapixels don’t mean quality. More does not mean better. How you use them or make sure each one looks great is what matters. The actual photo at the end of the day matters. The ability to take great shots a lot of the time in various different condition matters. The ability to produce great video with great sound matters.
Pixels aren’t everything. Even though Nokia has the highest megapixel rating phone (808) and it is the best camera phone (808) it’s not simply because it has more pixels! It is what Nokia is doing to make sure those pixels come out great and that the final pictures look awesome. PureView version 1 does it with large sensors, great Carl Zeiss optics and oversampling. PureView version 2 also gets some Zeiss love but approaches improving image quality differently by using ‘floating lenses’ for optical image stabilisation.
The first doubters said about the 808 was that the MP count was ridiculous. What was the point? It was useless! Pixels aren’t everything, they said. And they’re right. Not the way other people had been focused on pixels anyway.
Well, they all ate their words when the 808 started eating their dedicated point and shoots – even several of the top models and even giving the DSLRs a run for their money. I can’t say the 920 will do the same to turn disbelievers, but I wouldn’t count out the 920 so haphazardly either as it is also actually attempts to deliver great images/video and not simply a marketing stunt.
In Kirstin’s attempt at gaining favour for the newly released Padfone 2 from ASUS, I was absolutely flabbergasted to read the following:
Camera - Nokia Lumia 920′s 8MP rear camera does not stand a chance with Asus PadFone 2 13MP shooter.
au.ibtimes.com/articles/395066/20121017/nokia-lumia-920-vs-asus-padfone-2
Sorry, Miss Kristin, but Ulol kaba? Seriously, ask yourself: are you an idiot?
What is this crap you spout? We can’t say for certain whether the Nokia Lumia 920 will take great pictures unless we’ve seen production/consumer grade samples from reviews. Do you have one, Kristin? What about from the PadFone? From the early samples we’ve seen, the Nokia Lumia 920 PureView with floating optical image stabilisation seems to offer something new and different in the mobile imaging scene – something that, well, according to tests from places like Engadget, seems to be besting the current grade of smartphones at least in the areas of low light and image stabilisation. How then can you say the 920 does not stand a chance?
As for the rest of the crap that was your article, way to go ‘comparing’. Let’s ignore features from one phone eh? That’s the way comparisons go. And of course, bigger numbers is better.
Other point:
- If you’re going to talk about a unique point in the Padfone tablet feature, then you’ll have to talk about Super Sensitive Screen, Wireless Charging, Optical Image stabilisation.
- Dual Core on WP8 vs QuadCore on Android.
It’s all fine and dandy if this was a random comment from a random publication. But IBTimes TECHNOLOGY section? Really? You disappoint.
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Stupidity can’t gain any popularity for her…
Actually, as trolling articles go, this may be one of her most successful and might inspire her to produce more ‘controversial/misinformed’ articles as link bait. I don’t think many of her other ‘articles’ get such responses from another site or readers.
We won’t cover her in future. It’s just it’s multiple times now I’ve come across her work with such errors and felt the need to call up on it.
Welcome to the world of sponsored articles. (read: cash under the table)
SHE REMINDS ME OF CHELSEY STARK OF MASHABLE. Two idiots with vaginas.
Comments this charged usually come from us readers lol…
But yeah, it’s hard to believe she is that blatantly misinformed. My only guess is someone and not necessarily Asus has the right figure she likes.
Technology lobbyists are just as dangerous for the mainstream population than scaremongering between individuals in the tech industry itself.
Shameful really, especially considering the 920 has already gained such a great level of interest from all area’s…
This will hardly put a dent in that image, and in the following weeks when the “consumer grade product” aka the Lumia 920 is released, every blog, tech site and nanna’s kittens will be reviewing the OIS in the flesh…
Only money makes people this stupid, seriously…
lol at ulol ka ba ^-^
the best trolling article that i’ve read
HAHAHAHAAHA “Ulol” term xD filipinos can understand this word
hahaha, filipinos shows how to troll..hahaha, hello kababayans… =)
Hahaha XD … I almost fell out of my bed when i read that part… Hahaha…
Hahaha! Oo, ULOL sya!
Kaloka tong babaeng ito. 
This just made my day
Now we know when Jay is on a serious note! posting a tagalog slur!
The author bio at ibtimes seems to suggest they’d also understand what it meant
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Everyone who can buy or borrow a smartphone or tablet begin to think they are tech expert and they have all the rights to do a so-called ^review^ or they are able to ^compare^ the two devices.
That is why power is not for everyone to hold. In wrong hands, it is just plain destruction. In this case we want to bang our heads to something solid really.
One thing here need to notice though, the mindset of ^consumers^. No mater how much you try to educate them, they will always fall for more numbers. My cousins always surprised me when they completely ignored every massive features of a smartphone and talk only about camera or screen-size or just plain processors.
Painful part is, every time I had to talk sense in them about these things but after few weeks you talk to them and they are back to blank.
Actually, in this case 8Mpix is better .. 1.4 µm vs. 1.1 µm .. yes, BSI is tricky, but I still think bigger is better.
the padafon is on android, which can’t handle jpeg very well from what I’ve see so far (even the samsung galaxy camera sucks), so… i don’t expect the pada to shine in the imaging department. Not that we’ve seen what WP is capable of, but.. soon enough, we will know.
Well said Jay.
And guess what, I tried leaving a comment and it said it was awaiting moderation. Only what SHE wants to hear is let through it seems. What a cow
This is why I don’t read articles from websites that don’t cover technology events like engadget, MNB, WPcentral, etc. These so called tech reporters on sites like iBTimes, CNN, etc don’t know shit about phones.
jay is now speaking ^^, haha
We all know what the 920 camera is capable of but I still feel that Nokia is part to blame here for the not so impact-full announcement of the new Lumias. If it was Apple announcing their new 8mp camera is a very good camera, most non-techie journalist/bloggers/writers would believe them or remember it at least.
When the Lumias are ready, I do think Nokia needs to re-announce them properly and make sure they accent it’s advantages properly. It has been too long since the announcement and apart from Nokia sites like this, some if not most of the hype is gone.
Actually, we.. don’t know what the 920 camera is capable of..
Ulol ka ba? @ iBTimes !
hello fellow kababayans. haha.
I enjoyed reading this article and whatever you stated Jay was Correct..
iBTimes tried to fish some attention because Lumia 920 gains more attraction from different tech blogs.. the tension is on! For holiday season is near
It’s the ibtimes which may be blamed. Recruiting people to write about technology with no knowledge about it..:)
That person is really insane… Lol… I love it when you said “ulol” lmao! I constantly follow you on twitter Jay.. Someone should give her a padfone to keep her mouth shut! Lol..
Ahh, now adays everybody is stupid. Especially these authors.
She deserves what she gets for banging out such misinformed drivel. Thankfully, there are enough well read people to call her out for such a stunt.
Well my father a life long auto mechanic used to tell me, “there is no substitute for horsepower” but as in megapixels it is not the only thing needed to win the race. My N8 with its 12 megapixel sensor and coupled with the great Zeiss optics and good software created the best photos of any smartphone on the market until the 808. You have to have a good combination or the high megapixel count will simply not produce on its own.
This comment made me LOL so hard:
Dave • 2 hours ago −
maybe we’ve found the rarest Pokemon of them all! the “ASUSfangirl”
Judging by the Nexus7 tablet, ASUS is not be laughed at. I am a fan of ASUS too, beginning from their EEE series netbooks. That they haven’t shown any credible phones yet, just wait until they chew the guts out of the living Nokia.
ASUS has been pretty solid with their laptops and desktop components for almost a decade now.
They also being making phones for ages yet they’re still shit.
There is more to a phone than just putting parts together. Its easier now than ever to build a phone but building a good phone still requires expertise and ASUS will no build a phone that will challenge any mainstream phones.
I’m not hating on ASUS (I want the unconfirmed Transformer Book), those are the facts.
Well Nokia also has been making phones for ages yet most of them were shit. N97?
Don’t really know how terminally declining Nokia can fend off rising ASUS.
I’ve not really tried any ASUS phones but their tablets/slim laptops have really interested me. They’re one of the few doing some innovation in that space, kinda Nokia-like in attempting new form factors. I also like their CEO, he’s such a character :p.
Asus’s ultrabooks are gorgeous, and I can vouch for their normal notebooks, my older laptop (more than 4 years now) still runs perfectly fine and its battery still lasts 3 hours! (i keep all my laptops in the power supply at all time with teh battery in them) but their phones are iffy.. didnt they have a WP7 device?
lolol
I bought the 808 just because it’s capable of taking 34mp shots. I wouldn’t have bought it just because it can do PureView or the sound while taking a video. PureView is nice but the image quality is not a problem for me if I take the picture with iPhone. It’s all about resolution. For me that is.
That was the deal maker.
If you got it for resolution, bump that thing up to 38mp
It’s insane when the lighting is right. It shouldn’t come anywhere near my DSLR but it does – at times producing better images.
I use the 34mp just because it’s 16:9 but actually I do use 4:3 occasionally. The resolution is not that different but the 16:9 seems to be a better choice in most environments I use the camera.
The 808 requires lots of light but it does take incredible pictures when you get that light.
Anyone knows if the 808 will get an update allowing exact settings for exposure time?
Lol
She blinded by googlr