When did the camera become the most important thing on a CELL PHONE? These are communication devices. The camera was thrown in some time back as a gimmick to get people to buy "their" brand of cell phone. Just think of what these things can do...text, email, search the web, play music, stream music, pay bills, buy stuff (we don't need), watch TV and movies, stream movies, create and edit documents, take photographs etc., etc., and wonder of wonders...they can even make phone calls to nearly every spot on the globe. And on top of that, if you want to know where you or anyone else is located on the globe you have a GPS. It's nearly a miracle that these things even work as good as they do...and yet, the biggest complaint is about the camera? If you want to take pictures that you can blow up to the size of your living room wall then buy a camera that is designed for such a thing. A cell phone camera is designed to show the pictures it takes on a cell phone screen. The M8 is capable of taking outstanding pictures in auto mode, and if you know what you're doing the manual settings makes it even better. This is the best phone money can buy right now. Be glad you were smart enough to purchase one.