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Well, I've gone and done it! :pulling-hair-out: After years and years of refusing to buy a stinkin mobile contraption, I've succumb to the allure of the darkside. I need a more portable camera for work, to take reference photos ... something with a high megapixel rating and good macro zooming. I didn't want to be lugging around a DSLR to work everyday; and beside, there isn't enough room at my workstation for one. Let me tell ya though, this padawan's resistances was strong. Spent about 10+ hours researching my opinions, as I was hoping someone out there made just an MP3 Player with a decent camera; but alas, they don't. Looked at the iTouch, but it's zoom and picture quality totally sucks. Looked at the Samsung Galaxy Player: same! iRiver,SanDisk, Zune ... you name it, they all take disgusting photos when it comes to macro zooming. In ALL the research I did, only one device kept coming up, and fitting the bill ... the Sony Xperia Z3. The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact to be specific. The camera specs are impressive to say the least, and make the iPhone and Galaxy look every lame in comparison: 20.7 MP camera with Sony Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor 8x Digital Zoom 25 mm Wide-angle Sony G Lens Background Defocus Option BIONZ Processing Engine High frame rate - 120 fps - (So you can create clear slow-motion footage of the Balance and Fork running if needed ... very cool indeed!) It also has a BUTTON on the far right-hand side of the case to work the camera (just like a normal camera) ... you don't have to use the touch screen ... THANK YOU SONY! So on the weekend I trotted down to the local electrical super-duper store to check it out. And I was sold! The macro zoom is so good you can see dirt particles in-between your fingerprints! :o It's got a Mini SD Card slot, that can accommodate up to a 128Gb card ... so you'll never run out of storage for photos, music, movies ... blah blah blah. Also, taking about music, it plays every digital format, including all the new 24BIT Hi-Rez formats like FLAC. Oh, and it also recharges wirelessly like an electric toothbrush! Just place it on a circular pad, and bingo! The darkside was just too alluring, sorry Yoda! I brought one!