The camera was neither here nor there for me. I wanted to be able to see who was calling before I opened the phone, because once it's opened, it's answered. The VX6000 was the lowest end phone that did that. Joseph programmed some ring-tones for me so that by the ring tone, I can tell who's calling. ;o)
Are those the paperback Star Wars novels? Paul enjoyed those when he was younger.
Well...my phone doesn't have the external caller ID, but there's a setting that means it doesn't answer until you press a button. The guy at the phone place set it that way for me.
Considering the next phone up was something like sixty dollars, I decided I could live with having to open it, though the caller ID on the outside was kinda neat.