Removing the darn camera! (Nokia, remove, blackberry, Samsung)

[bigtrees]

I work a large aerospace company and am moving from one division to another. I currently use a Motorla RAZR because my current division doesn't mind cell phone cameras, but my new division prohibitis them.

So last night I carefully tore apart my cell phone and removed the camera from the phone. I figured that a camera phone with no camera is the same thing as a camera phone with no camera, right?

Wrong! The company considers it "defacing company property" to remove the camera (remember they don't want you to have a camera) from the cell phone.

So now I have to put it back in and go get a new cell phone that doesn't have a camera. The only problem is the only phones that come without cameras are rather junky phones in my opinion, so I'm not real happy about the whole thing.

[aperfectbass]

Not sure if this was more of a rant or question, but I'd check a place like ebay or craigslist. You can find older phones that people don't want because they upgraded. These won't have cameras, and are a lot cheaper. Maybe even an older blackberry if you want some great functionality. A lot of the old nokias (and newer samsungs) can be dropped a lot and don't break. Just my two cents.

[karibear]

If it's the company's phone that has the camera, shouldn't the company be responsible for replacing it with one that meets the new criteria? Why should YOU have to buy it?

[texdav]

I thnik OP is saying that the phone without camera are pretty junkie not that op has to pay for the new one.