How to Use megapixel in a Sentence

megapixel

noun
  • Each of the three cameras on the back can take photos in 12 megapixels.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2019
  • This will show how many megapixels a photo was taken in and the long and short edge in pixels.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
  • It's got four mics, three speakers, and two 8-megapixel cameras to hear, speak and see.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Its five-megapixel video calling camera can be used for chats with the grandparents.
    — Lauren Goode, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
  • That's why this guide doesn't get too deep into the weeds of megapixel counts, sensor sizes, and pixel peeping.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2025
  • That's why this guide doesn't get too deep into the weeds of megapixel counts, sensor sizes, and pixel peeping.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The iPhone 7 now tops the line with a seven-megapixel camera staring you in the face.
    — J. D. Biersdorfer and Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2016
  • The phones also get a big camera boost, with the main rear camera getting bumped up to 48 megapixels.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
  • There will always be iPhone fetishists, counting screen inches and camera megapixels.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Both have an 8-megapixel camera that seemed quite good, a quad-speaker audio system, and a large touchpad.
    — Michael J. Miller, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • To determine the camera quality, look to the megapixel count.
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Mimic a photograph with your fingers and the 12 megapixel camera takes the shot.
    — Sebastian Modak, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2017
  • The iPhone has had a 12 megapixel main camera on the back for long time, and the iPhone 14 still does.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The rear gets dual 16-megapixel cameras, and there's an 8-megapixel shooter in front.
    — New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The rear camera has been upgraded to 5 megapixels (up from 2 MP).
    — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, the Plus offers a higher megapixel count on the camera and a larger battery.
    — Adam Speight, Wired, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Speaking of the camera, Apple has upgraded the megapixels big time for this new model.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The iPhone 15 also brings a 48 megapixel camera to all models.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Dig into your iPhone 15’s settings and change the default back to 12 megapixels.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The Max replaces the 3x telephoto lens with a 5x one—same megapixels, same aperture.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2023
  • That larger sensor should mean better photos at night, and the giant megapixel count will net more details in your shots (and larger file sizes).
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Block explains that megapixels refer to the number of light-gathering sites, while a sensor is where the photo sites reside.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • All three rear cameras will be 48-megapixel resolution, it’s predicted, for the first time.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Gearing up for the next round of the phone wars, Samsung is preparing mega-upgrades to the cameras in its devices; mega as in megapixels, that is.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2019
  • History has shown that Apple won’t increase the megapixel count on its iPhone just for the sake of marketing a higher number.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Apr. 2022
  • At 16 megapixels, the image quality of the Reveal X-Pro is stellar, even in the dark.
    — Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The Gen 2’s front camera is still limited to 8 megapixels, but the rear camera gets a bump from 8 to 13 megapixels.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 16 June 2026
  • Some of the cameras are 17 megapixel, higher resolution than is typical.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That’s thanks to a 2 megapixel camera and a screen resolution that is higher than most high-def TVs, Leddy said.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2020
  • All three rear cameras shoot at 48 megapixels, while the front camera is now 18 megapixels with support for Center Stage.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025

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