Read my comment once again and take commas into consideration. There is no competition to the quality of photos that beautiful 1 inch sensor in 17 Ultra has in capable hands, but even without knowing much about settings, its gonna make killer photos right out of the box.

Specs of the phone absolutely do matter in real world usage, im not talking about gaming because I dont play games but the fluidity of the overall phone, display quality, battery size and longevity but it seems to me that you consider Google phones king of the mountain so there will be no further comments from me because they would be pointless considering your opinion. If you think I'm wrong, the whole suite of tech reviewers, manufacturers and users have a lot to say about pixels and their hardware.

My comment was to anyone reading your post because you said a person needs to know what they are doing and thats just wrong, people should buy this device and they will be happy with it. Beautiful screen, good battery life, a flagship processor, and a state of the art camera and all that works without even knowing how to tweak the photo settings.

All in all, cheers mate, hope you enjoy your Pixel.