You know, at first, when I saw the still-shot camera samples from his review I was pissed again at the overall bad quality especiallly since they site displayed them at full resolution. But then I thought to myself, "When do I ever take a picture with my phone that I display at full resolution, even a photo taken with a 5mp photo?" So I downloaded the pics to my computer (with a 25" monitor) and I opened the photos at like 70% of its size (which is what I would normally view pics at on my computer or if I uploaded them to facebook or emailed them to my family. And you know what, the pictures were actually a lot more sharp, and I actually really was pleased with the quality. So, my take away from this is that while viewing the pic at a full 8 mp will probably be terrible quality, for most purposes that we use camera pics for (i.e.- uploading to facebook, emailing it to family, etc.) the resolution when scaled down will be perfect. Never as perfect as the iphone, but better than other verizon cameras.