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Compulsive picture takers:

Some folks will sacrifice everything for megapixels. They have been dying to have a good camera on hand, even when they leave their digital SLR at home. Although none of these phones is ready to compete with even $300-400 digital cameras, they do take better than average snapshots. And since your shutterbug will have his cameraphone with him all the time, he'll be taking many more interesting pictures. Most of these models have 2 megapixel sensors with zoom and/or auto-focus. a big step up from last year's cameraphones.

Cingular: Sony Ericsson W600i Find out more Buy this phone	Sprint: Samsung A940 Find out more Buy this phone
T-Mobile: Sony Ericsson K750 * Find out more Buy this phone	Verizon: Samsung A970 Find out more Buy this phone

* The K750 is not sold through T-Mobile, but is available unlocked through resellers. It packs an excellent camera in a very small and usable phone.

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