Best phone I ever saw was owned by a kid I knew who had family in hong kong. His grandmother over there bought him a phone that was the equivalent of about $600 u.s. It had crystal clear picture (at least on the phone, it had a large screen but I didn't see it on a pc), a very bright flash etc. Wicked nice looking.
I wish they'd put memory cards into u.s. phones. I had a first gen nokia videophone with a memory card and it was great. I lost it though, and now I almost never take pics since it's not worth the hassle of sending them to my pc individually.
At least u.s. phones are halfway decent though. Canada had horrible cell phones, the only good thing was video phones were easy to get for cheap. But the best canadian phones were about equal to an average u.s. phone. Even the guy who worked for the company I subscribed to told me to look on ebay, since I could get much better phones for the same price.