iPhone 6 poor picture quality

I think you are not understanding the point. The problem here is that there is too much software noise filtering and that is evident zoomed and not zoomed. It's just that zoomed is more evident for people not used to distinguish post processing artifacts.

The problem is real and is happening in every iPhone 6 I've tested.

My iPhone 4 takes much better photos, and that shouldn't be happening.

I am having the same frustrating issue and it feels like the iPhone 6's camera is a major downgrade from the 5 and 4. But in this post which has a few iPhone 6 sample images I don't see the watercoloring effect. The photos are pretty clean (minus the other issues that he brings up). http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-6-ios8-camera-problems,news-19585.html

Either way, I really hope Apple fixes this soon. I'm now going back to my iPhone 5 since 8.1.1 didn't fix the problem.

In those photos the watercolor effect is not as noticeable because the mostly show objects with uniform colours, But if you look at the green part here: http://media.bestofmicro.com/H/Q/455534/original/peppers_w-wo_hand_ip6.png you can see that as the object complexity increases so does the watercolor effect.

Also most of the pictures in the article are reduced. If you take a look at this one which wasn't altered, the watercolor effect is also present and very evident: http://media.bestofmicro.com/M/3/455691/original/iPhone-6-with-iOS-8.JPG

It looks like many people are experiencing the oil-painting blurring effect. I'd like to think it is over-sharpening noise from high ISO. But on photos taken in bright conditions and a low ISO, it's just as noticeable. 😟

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1790221

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1795589

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1792938

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1786611

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1789388

I was so excited to get the iPhone 6 ... I live in Mexico on a teacher's salary, yet paid $800 USD for my 64GB space gray model. The user interface and photos, colors in general, are more than a step down from my iPod 5G which took awesome photos and had incredible color. I am beside myself with disappointment. I was expecting a major advance since the phone has been touted as "retina HD" which should be better than "retina."

I can't return the phone here in Mexico. They only do warranty maintenance by authorized resellers. As an Apple fanboy, I expect more. I think the company is moving in the wrong direction with quality control vs marketing. I was wondering why the splash screens don't have a gambit of colors ... Now, I have a clue, sadly.

Live and learn I suppose.

posted about the picture quality being the same after the new iOS install and my posts got deleted saying this:/

I suupose now I know this medium is censored and the company can take down and posts it deems

fit.

Wow. Is that what happened? Did they pull down the post because they didn't like it? That's about Apple!

abstruse88 wrote

I suupose now I know this medium is censored and the company can take down and posts it deems

fit.

It’s their web site. They can do what they want.
Your post violated the terms of service...

kairos33 wrote:

Wow. Is that what happened? Did they pull down the post because they didn't like it?

Yes, they pulled it because it violated the terms of service.

1) just keep reposting it

2) SEND IT TO CNET. See how they like it when seen it posts about their censorship to there audience.

kairos33 wrote:

2) SEND IT TO CNET. See how they like it when seen it posts about their censorship to there audience.

???

Why would Apple care if someone violates the ToS, the posts get deleted and then CNet get told about it?

CNET also deletes posts when they violate their ToS.

Because of the nature of the censorship. It's not about the fact that they have a don't have the right. It's a question of culture and integrity, that they chose to censor something. It reflects poorly on the company. I like apple but they need to show some discernment. Just because they have the right to do something doesn't make it well, not shady. Whatever.

kairos33 wrote:

Because of the nature of the censorship. It's not about the fact that they have a don't have the right. It's a question of culture and integrity, that they chose to censor something. It reflects poorly on the company.

So they should allow posts that violate ToS to remain, even when the poster agreed to the ToS?

I like apple but they need to show some discernment.

They show plenty. Don’t violate the rules you agreed to and your posts will remain...

I think you're missing the point. It's not about legality. If the TOS says you're not allowed to post that a product is having a legitimate proven problem, then I am arguing it's a shady TOS designed to not allow real discussion. Saying something inflammatory, derogatory or making character attack is something else entirely. As an HR manager, I can tell you there's nothing about saying the camera has problems that is either of those three