41MP Camera Phone! I Smell BS

Just spotted on the BBC website today that Nokia have announced the Nokia 808 Pureview which contains a 41MP camera! I thought people have had enough of the mega pixel war but maybe not.

Nokia 808 Pureview 41MP camera phone

I’ve had enough of people asking me how many mega pixels my DSLR is and when I say 10MP they go “uh that’s shit. My camera phone’s better than that. It’s got 12MP”. When I first heard the term “Mega Pixel” I instantly knew what it meant so I presumed other people would work it out as well but it looks like that’s not the case. I’m going to have to do a big Mega Pixel rant at some point but for now lets moan about this camera phone.
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