Would take all of these with a large dose of sodium chloride.
Lest we all forget the saga with the 920 cameras when they were first introduced - falsifying photos? And that nokia have also released a patch to solve some camera issues recently. The 920 camera does rock, now.
But you can be sure HTC are working on some sort of optimisation post release. You can't taunt your rival pre-release then come up with an inferior product.