It seems that when it comes to uploading your precious pictures, there’s one phone that’s head and shoulders above the rest. Social photo gallery site Flickr lets users upload there photos to share with friends and family wherever they are in the world and, as of November 2008, Flickr claimed to host more than 3 billion images. Along with capturing information such as picture size and GPS location, Flickr also tracks information on the camera used. So clicking on the “most popular cameras” page on Flickr will tell you alot about what cameras and camera phones people are using to upload their snaps, but what comes out on top for camera phones? The iPhone 3G of course.

Proving that when it comes to camera phones that it’s not all about Megapixels, the Apple iPhone 3G with its 2.0 Megapixel camera beat of the likes of the Nokia N95 (5.0 Megapixel), N73 (3.2 Megapixel), N82 (5.0 Megapixel) and Sony Ericsson K800i (3.2 Megapixel). In the rankings, the i phone is the most frequently used camera phone to upload photos to Flickr and, perhaps more interestingly, is the 5th most popular camera used putting it right up there with stand alone digital cameras, dedicated to the art of photography. So why is the iPhone 3G so popular amongst Flickr users? One explanation could be down to the Apple phones celebrated user friendly interface which will let you upload photos with a few taps on the screen. But then uploading a photo from my N82 is hardly rocket science; simply click on the upload icon when looking at a photo and follow the on screen prompts.

Alternatively, maybe the host of 8.0 Megapixel camera phones will start to feature more prominently in time once they’ve found their way in to enough pockets. Personally i am of the opinion that the reason for the iPhone’s popularity with Flickr users is predominantly down to data. Any contract O2 iPhone comes with unlimited data free with the tariff as standard so users won’t worry about running up large data costs. Not necessarily the case with other phones where additional data bundles will be at the discretion and extra cost of the owner. Whatever the reason (and I’m sure some will disagree with my conclusion) it certainly gives the iPhone 3G bragging rights over its competitors. Click here to take a look at our iPhone 3G offers.