I surely hope this is not the case. If it is, I think the problem may be with the phone not coming with any type of image stabilization...I'm still puzzled why this wasn't as important to add as the panoramic option. As an amateur photographer, I have 2 SLR's that I absolutely love. I am in no way an expert but I have read many books on the subject as well as attended several photography lectures. Anyway, if what your saying is true, then the camera optics are not as good as they say they are. If its designed to let in more light, the pictures will be much sharper. Now, as far as the MP's go, it's incorrect to say (not directing this to you personally) that MP's don't mean squat. It depends on what your wanting to shoot etc. For instance, yesterday I went to a local Air Show and took pictures of the Thunderbirds perform. I have a really cool shot of a jet that when you see the regular picture its sharp but far enough away as to not be able to read the words on the jet. Since I shot this with a high MP camera, I zoomed and cropped the shot where you could see the refection of the sun on the pilots helmet and read the writing on the jet. So, people tend to believe that the higher the MP's the better the camera and in a way this is true because as manufacturers make better optics, they normally add more MP's. So its kind of like a sign of differentiating what camera may be better....the newer and improved the optics, the higher the megapixel. Its just plain odd for a manufacturer to redo all the optics of a camera but keep the MP's the same. These statements can be observed when looking at SLR's or even "point and shoot" cameras. I don't think I have ever seen manufacturers of these camera types retool the optics or sensor without increasing the MP's. Now I know my jet example above is kind of extreme. I wouldn't use this camera phone for this situation because you need a very fast shutter. But, you'd be surprised how many times you take a picture of something and decide later how nice it would be to zoom in on the subject and crop.