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The Sony Ericssons such as my T616 and Kremit's T637 (basically an updated version of the T61* models) have awful cameras. I love the phone for the amount of features it has but the camera takes horrible pictures at medium to low light. Other phones can take better pictures.

That said, I wouldn't recommend a camera phone for sole use of the camera. The camera is designed primarily for viewing the pictures on that tiny phone screen and sending them to others' phones to view on their tiny phone screens. If you're looking to take pictures of real estate, etc, then you're MUCH better off with a 3.1 MP or better digital camera, especially since you can get one cheap nowadays.

There was a huge thread not half a week ago with people posting their phones and (generally) how much they like them ...
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=interests&Number=849874&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=all

You can see an example of a better camera phone by bk4293 on the last post of that topic but like I said they're still not up to par as that of digital cameras

all camara phones make crappy camaras and take crappy pictures. the reason is simple, the best camara phone is about 1 mega pixel. the crappiest digital camaras are a little better than that. you can get a fairly inexpensive digital camara with 3 mega pixels. if you want a camara then buy a camara. also, don't be suprised if some places disapprove of your camara phone and even ban them such as most gyms, lowes, home depot. these companies all frown on camaras whether they are dedicated units or built into a phone.

Thanks for all the help. I just went with a Motorola V180 because it came as a free upgrade with my plan.