iPhone 5 camera not much better than 4S cam, our tests show[ Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:07:15 GMT ]NBC News photographer Jim Seida spent a day shooting with the iPhone 5, along its predecessors and chief competitor. While the new phone's 8-megapixel camera performed well, it did not noticeably outperform the camera of its recent forebear. But there was one way that the iPhone 5 clearly bested the 4S.