Now, that reads to me as if the camera module was made by Leica, right? Or, at the very very least, designed by Leica, right?

Oh. Well. About that.

"Meets Leica's highest imaging standards", you say? The dpreview.com commenters are sceptical.

fotopix2021

To have designed, engineered, developed, tested, optimised and manufactured such a sophisticated and complex digital imaging device between February and April 2016 is an achievement that is nothing short of miraculous.

I don't believe in miracles.

Having seen sample images from the Huawei P9 that were, shall we say, somewhat underwhelming, I believe Leica Camera's engineering involvement was minimal at best. As with Panasonic compact camera lenses that are branded 'Leica', the Huawei P9 might be slightly better than average - but that is all.

melgross

Ah, this doesn't clarify much. Unless they're willing to tell us what parts Leica actually engineered, it means nothing. Did Leica actually design these lenses, or did they just agree that the engineering design was ok?

How can these meet Leica's "highest imaging standards" when the lenses for these cost maybe, $5 apiece, whereas Leica's camera lenses average $3,000 apiece?

And, it turns out, it's not that great.

(interesting to note that the elderly Nokia Lumia 1020 and 808 Pureview still kill everything, IQ-wise)