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Having a higher megapixel can give you a better photo but there is more to it.
Finding an ideal camera on a device for yourself you have to ask what do you want from a camera? Will it be for snapshots while out and about with friends or for taking professional photos you intend to resize.
Will you want to save your files in a professional format such as RAW or would you be happy with the standard photo formats.
But today we have devices with multiple cameras and lenses, software (AI) to enhance the photos. It really depends on what device you are looking for, a 13MP would be ok for some if it meets there needs, some like to have the option of taking a shot with a quadruple-camera device.
Sometimes you can buy a device with a camera which you will not use the features so it's really about what you want from a camera, not the megapixel.
Hope that helps.
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On the contrary, more megapixels can mean much worse camera.
Each pixel has a size and the larger the size, the more amount of light that pixel can gather for the image.
So a sensor with 12mp has pixel size much, much higher than a 64 or 108mp sensor as the size of these pixels is much smaller and will gather much less light.
End result in those cases is that in lower light, the high MP cameras churn out pictures that are noisy and messy.
They combat this by not outputting 64/108mp in low light/ auto modes, instead they use 4 pixels and turn it into 1 larger pixel. Works quite well, but requires heavy process work to merge the data from these pixels and smooth it out. So when you see pics from a 108mp Samsung S20 space zoom of the moon, and wonder why it looks so lacking in detail and mushy, it's because the 108mp sensor would output a picture that needed smoothing and noise reduction just to look bearable. The pixel size is just too small.
So the reality is, high MP can be better, but only in perfect scenarios, whereas a lower mp with larger pixel size, will look better in more situations.
Each pixel has a size and the larger the size, the more amount of light that pixel can gather for the image.
So a sensor with 12mp has pixel size much, much higher than a 64 or 108mp sensor as the size of these pixels is much smaller and will gather much less light.
End result in those cases is that in lower light, the high MP cameras churn out pictures that are noisy and messy.
They combat this by not outputting 64/108mp in low light/ auto modes, instead they use 4 pixels and turn it into 1 larger pixel. Works quite well, but requires heavy process work to merge the data from these pixels and smooth it out. So when you see pics from a 108mp Samsung S20 space zoom of the moon, and wonder why it looks so lacking in detail and mushy, it's because the 108mp sensor would output a picture that needed smoothing and noise reduction just to look bearable. The pixel size is just too small.
So the reality is, high MP can be better, but only in perfect scenarios, whereas a lower mp with larger pixel size, will look better in more situations.
