5megapixels and 8 megapixels difference?

So I'm switching from windows phone Nokia lumia 710 which has 5mp to iPhone 5 which has 8mp, will I see a clearer and big difference in the pics on the iPhone?

Yeah, take a picture of the same thing, and it'll be more detailed on the iPhone.

Sorry… I just have no faith in a cell-phone camera for qualtiy. They are great if you have a fender-bender accident, but for good quality pictures they leave a lot to be desired if you ever decide you want to make an enlargement. IF and I say "IF" because I'm not aware if a cell phone camera has a qualiy setting, if it does by all means always use the setting which yeilds the best quality.

Having several "Apple" products, I'm inclined to go with the Apple iPhone!

When it comes to camera phones it doesn't really matter, while something may have an 8 megapixel sensor it doesn't exactly mean it's going to be better resolution as a number of things will reduced the quality and resolution of an image such as:

- Lens
- Sensor quality
- Low light performance
- Colour management
- Climate handling

There's a lot more that can be listed but they are some of the most common

3MP

If you blew up the picture, the more megapixels would look better. Megapixels after all only tell picture size.

Picture quality isn't affected. User skill has more to do with it.

If you're interested mainly on the photography element of a smartphone, i suggest you go for a Nokia Lumia again but with PureView sensor like the one in 920. Nokia proved its Imaging capabilities to the extent from 5mp to 41mp cam. When it comes to Nokia it doesn't differentiate megapixel ranges, but it focuses greatly on how even a small sensor can take much brilliant pictures on daylight as well as low light @ night.

The difference between 5mp and 8mp camera is,
*pictures will look crisp and clean,
*larger sensor,
*greater point of focus,
*zooming extents,
*better aperture line,
*quality images and videos with greater resolution.

Hope that helps!

You will see a difference, but it will be between bad and awful.