The X 2014 has the exact same sensor as the LG G3 and the G3 takes some very nice pics. Part of that is the OIS it also has, part is the laser focus, but much of it has to do with the imaging software. So it is not inconceivable that a future update could significantly improve the X camera. I agree, I don't expect it either, but it is not impossible. The first X simply had an awful sensor, this one doesn't. Also, with raw editing capabilities coming in lollipop, perhaps a third party app can come down the pipeline to make things a little better, who knows. But if cell phone photography is your big thing, you don't buy a Moto phone anyway.