Non-work related question for my fellow techs

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So I got a digital camera for Xmas, but it's the worst one ever made most likely, so I took it back. I would seriously be much better of buying a disposable digital and hacking it for multi-use. Thought about using the money toward a camera phone since I need a new phone anyway. So I want opinions on different phones and such. I'm quite unread on the subject, and should probably get to know it anyway, seeing as I now support digital cameras.
Of course I've heard the quality sucks, but honestly, when I use them I set the res to 640x480 anyway so my file size is small for when I transfer to my dialup friends. But the color in the returned one was just horid, flash pictures were far too harsh, and the LCD was grainer than a box of Special K.
Speak to me, mine breathren!