They said the same thing about the M8 camera..And as you can see 2 posts above, when it was finally released to the public a strange thing happened...People that knew how to take pictures without using digital zoom, and using the correct exposure settings took some good pictures. I truly do wonder if the folks taking the original pictures for the M9 took bad ones on purpose. There is so much noise and the exposure is all wrong. It looks as if they were using the digital zoom feature (worst feature on any phone) to try and take pictures.
T, we seem to be hearing the the same thing over and over in the threads here. I believe everyone is clear that you don't understand why they had an unfinished product at the show. The simple truth is, a lot of companies do it. Most of them don't admit it, but there is still a lot of QC going on in the background right up to release day. I am sure you will post again saying the same thing "Why, oh why" but regurgitating the same statement you have posted in multiple threads really isn't accomplishing much. If the phone is not for you, than it's not for you. There are plenty of other great devices out there. Samsung has a strong phone, of course it's hard to tell if someone is holding a S6 or an IPhone if you are more than 10 feet away with that design they used.
Now why is it so hard to release a perfect device on launch day? With software you have a distinct advantage because you can have it beta tested by thousands of users (and they still manage to screw it up-Especially games). With hardware that is under wraps it becomes much more complicated, especially when adding new tech & implementing it with a new major revision of Android that was only released in November. You have only a few people that can test it, and even those few folks have a hard time keeping the new device design a secret. Enough said. Wait for the phone to be released to the public, then judge it on it's merits, not based on some journalists that are looking to be the next big story.