I'm not saying that I expect miracles. And it IS possible to take SOME perfectly good photos with the moto x. But, a hell of a lot of the time you get crap pics too. And do you think its acceptable for the camera not to be able to focus a hell of a lot of the time? Believe me, I'm not hard to please at all when it comes to photo quality. I was perfectly happy with the pics my 5 year old phone took before I bought the moto x. But to have a camera that refuses to focus and leaves me sending crap pics to people is a bit of a joke in this age. If you think its OK to have a camera like that, just cos its in a smartphone and its not a proper DSLR or something, then that's your choice. I don't see Motorola advertising the camera as "good enough considering its only in a phone" though. And its amazing how most other phone manufacturers can come up with a phone that doesn't have the same problems. Making excuses for it just because its in a phone is just giving manufacturers the go ahead to continue using sub standard stuff in their products because they think people don't expect any better. But it IS possible to put a perfectly decent, usable camera in a phone, as most other manufacturers prove.
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Agreed. I've had my X's camera do the refuse-to-focus thing enough times now. Quite annoying. And low light? Seriously, forget it. Especially indoors. Yeah you can photoshop the heck out of the shots and turn out some really nice photos, but I don't feel like I should HAVE to do that to share a quick pic.
In regular daylight, or with a decent amount of daylight, the camera has no serious issues. It's low light where it turns to complete crap. I could post a few random shots of my dog taken indoors in very low light that are so grainy, it's downright terrible. I own a Nikon DSLR, and I've had a Sony Xperia phone with a 20MP camera. Never have I seen a shot out of the Moto X that rivals either one when shown at 100% zoom in Photoshop. I'd have to be out on a hike somewhere shooting a landscape during mid-day to come close to the quality of pics I get from my DSLR, I think.
For regular everyday photos, it does OK, though, which IMO, is mostly fine for a phone. It's nothing to write home about, but when it won't focus, that's irritating.The old Moto X's camera after many software updates got to be pretty decent. I wish they'd have started in the same place with the new Moto X camera -- at least the old one had started producing more respectable low light shots.
To answer the OP's question "is the X-2's camera good with lollipop right now?". Eh. Mixed bag, really. I've seen worse, and I've seen better. If you want a really good camera on your phone,then no. If you're good with an ok-under-most-circumstances-but-not-low-light camera, then I'd say it's fine. If you plan on shooting indoors at night, you're going to need extra lighting or be prepared for graininess in your images.