All other reviews echo the same thought about Lumia 900's camera though - good, but not great. But only The Verge goes all the way to say that it's even worse than the Galaxy Nexus, famous for bad camera.

As decent as nOkia lumia 800? my shots?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenokiagalle...9608885/detail/

Since L900 using same camera hardware i dont believe it will be that bad

Perhaps I used words that are too strong. I meant that Galaxy Nexus' camera can't match up with modern, top-of-the-line smartphones, even to its previous Samsung phone, the SII. Decent camera nonetheless, of course. But just not the one that you'll be looking in such a high-end phone.

"Now keep in mind, my daily driver is a Galaxy Nexus, which has a relatively poor camera — so this is significant. I went into the Lumia 900 expecting an excellent photo experience, but it's really simply mediocre."

By comparing L900 with the Nexus, and then saying it is 'significant', I have the impression that he's saying that the Galaxy Nexus is better. He didn't explicitly state it though, I could read it wrongly. No reason for him to say it is 'significant' otherwise IMO.