The search for the ultimate smartphone camera

For years, if you wanted the best smartphone camera, the decision was easy: iPhone all the wayAndroid smartphones — the best ones, at least — finally caught up this year, and in some ways, have left the iPhone in their dust.

Apple, Samsung, Google, LG, Motorola and Sony all put out "flagship" smartphones this year with cameras that promise to knock your socks off and maybe get you to finally ditch that point-and-shoot once and for all.

And just like camera makers, though, they're throwing out tons of tech jargon to convince you into thinking the cameras in their phones are better than everyone else's. More megapixels! Phase detection! Laser autofocus! Larger micron pixels! This one has an f/1.8 lens and that one has a f/1.9! Read more...