I don't think you all really understand the idea behind pureview. Even though the 808 has a41 mega pixel camera you only end up with a 5-8 mp photo. Pureview technology is based on the idea of over sampling. So you take a low light or high Iso photo, both of which are known to be high noise on cellphone cams. when set to the lowest resolution final image, you have 7 pixels of information for every 1 pixel in the final image. This allows the camera software to replace pixels that turned out as noise with one that turned out good. And in images taken under ideal situations (where little to no noise is present), it allows you to zoom in on am image with little to no loss of picture quality. In smaller, lower res sensors, these principles, on which the pureview idea and software are based, simply aren't possible at a level that will yield worth while results. Also the large physical size of the image sensor in the 808 is as much responsible for its picture quality as its high pixel count.
So before you go and suggest an 18 or 25 megapixel pureview with a smaller, less bulky sensor, realize two things:
1. either one of those things would drastically reduce the effect of the pureview software
2. What you are asking for wouldnt be a true pureview, it would just be a really nice standard cellphone camera.
So before you go and suggest an 18 or 25 megapixel pureview with a smaller, less bulky sensor, realize two things:
1. either one of those things would drastically reduce the effect of the pureview software
2. What you are asking for wouldnt be a true pureview, it would just be a really nice standard cellphone camera.