I have an Android phone and am really happy with it. I don't see myself going Apple way. But I have to agree with you that having to rely on the manufacturers to update de OS is a pain....
I have to agree with monkeybrain. Although it's understandable that DPR wants to stick their top story at the top, it does make easy to miss another news as well. Even I have missed some already...
"no mirrorless with IBIS".... what about Olympus? Oh! You think that Olympus has "such small and bad sensors"? Have you seen the results from the OM-D5? Which, by the way, uses a Sony sensor?
I'd never cared for Auto ISO until I had to use it. It was in a situation where lights where uneven and having moving subjects. I knew I'd have to leave the lens wide open and would have to choose...
I understand the "Silver Award" as a "It's a great camera, but 'only' because it does the basics right. There's no true innovation". And, in fact, there isn't.
Isn't it easier and better to NOT drop or bump your phone? I have my S2 for about two years and it looks like new. That's because I've never dropped it :) (of course adding a nice case and a screen...
It's simply because smartphone cameras are more popular than 'regular' P&S. Afterall, all the new tech we know (or at least most of them) are tested before on small sensored cameras and then go to...
Why not leave both xenon (this improved version) and led? I mean, I think pretty much everyone who has a smartphone with a led has already used it as a light torch since a led is strong enough to...
If this was at DPReview, there'd be people complaining "Why are you reviewing this toy/piece of junk? Why aren't you reviewing REAL cameras?" and blah blah blah.