So you have zero proof or sources that Apple deliberately held back better camera parts in order to sell more iPhones the next year. Such a thing could only possibly have been the case with the iPhone 3G, as all later models have had best-of-breed cameras. Unless you want to tell me that at the time Apple made the original iPhone they could have bought the 3GS camera in volume.
Both the original iPhone reviews you linked to are positive about the iPhone camera’s photo quality compared to other phones. They mention the quality was bad compared to point-and-shoot cameras, but that was the case with all camera phones.
At the time the iPhone was announced, I had just bought a SonyEricsson P990. It was SE’s top-of-the-line product and it cost Euro 700. It had a 2MP camera, just like the iPhone, but the photos it took were terrible compared to those taken on an iPhone.
Both the original iPhone reviews you linked to are positive about the iPhone camera’s photo quality compared to other phones. They mention the quality was bad compared to point-and-shoot cameras, but that was the case with all camera phones.
At the time the iPhone was announced, I had just bought a SonyEricsson P990. It was SE’s top-of-the-line product and it cost Euro 700. It had a 2MP camera, just like the iPhone, but the photos it took were terrible compared to those taken on an iPhone.