My phone is really my back-up camera. In fact, on some trips it is my only camera. I do love my Canon Rebel but find it bulky to carry around. It can really weigh you down when you are planning to do a lot of walking. Since I seldom use my phone for actual talking, the camera feature is of greater importance.

Recently on a trip to the aquarium, my camera phone was my main camera as I didn’t want to lug around any extra weight. Camera phones have greatly improved in recent years. My last camera phone would not have taken such a nice picture indoors. It is because of these innovations in camera phones that make me want a new camera when our current phone contract expires.

I’ve been looking for a new phone at Phones 4U and really believe that an iPhone might be my next phone. I already have an iPod Touch that I love – so I know I would love an iPhone. Plus Apple has always been at the forefront when it comes to anything creative. I could take pictures with an iPhone and do some amazing editing from the device. That would be extremely handy as I like to touch up pictures but have little time to do so. If I could edit during the ride home from work, then that would be great. Once home, then my pictures would already be touched up – ready to print or upload to the Internet.

The camera is definitely the feature of phone I use most and will be a deciding factor when it comes to buying my next cell phone.

I have to admit that I love Instagram and am so happy I have an iPad. Granted I have never used it but it just looks so cool – all those neat photos people are posting on Twitter from Instgram.

There is something similar to Instagram for Windows 7 phones. It’s called Photogram and you can take a photo and add a filter to it. One filter makes the photo look like a Polaroid picture – which reminds me of Instagram photos. Here is one of my photos with the vintage filter applied -

It is a fun little program and a cool way to spice up photos before posting on Facebook.