Real flash (take note lazy journos) and sensible megapixellage for the unspecified but inevitably tiny sensor size. I wondered what (if any) zoom facility there was other than pointless digital zoom, and found this on the Motorola website:

"Fixed optical zoom lens"

I'll take that as a yeah-but-no-but...

I'm probably unique in that I expect a mobile phone to be just that, not a mobile Discoteque, pjtographic studio, games room etc BUT, would it be better not to THROW things into such a delicate instrument in order to avoid damage?

Ah, but the only thing stated as "thrown in" is software. That's squishy and won't cause damage.