For most photos taken by most people, a cellphone camera is fine - mostly because, as noted, it's the camera you have when you need one. The pictures shown are

For most photos taken by most people, a cellphone camera is fine - mostly because, as noted, it's the camera you have when you need one. The pictures shown are indeed a testament to how good such cameras are. Such cameras are not, however, (relatively) large frame high color depth imagers with quality lenses - and it shows to those who know what they're looking at. Yes you can get nice looking photos with a cheap camera. Framing & leveling the subject is a great place to start.