
It's not all about the pixels...
"It's rumoured that the main camera in the iPhone will be a disappointing 12 megapixels"
I don't think that's disappointing, getting the optics right is arguably more important (within reason) than MP on any device, given it's a mobile phone I think 12 MP is more than adequate for a small sensor.
I know there are clever ways to make use of a bigger pixel count, think Lumia 1020, but for most phone camera applications 12 MP is fine I think, not sure why El Reg thinks it disappointing?