Hello, Elle!
I have a Canon compact camera but I don't use it any more.
Not even sure where it is!
The 'phone camera is much handier, for me anyway.
I have at least 900 photos in my 'phone.
I can look at them whenever or wherever I am, or send them to someone.
I use the Google Photos App, and each photo that I take, or an incoming one, is automatically sent to my tablet and Chromebook through Wi-Fi.
I can never lose them.
All I need is my Google password on any 'phone/laptop etc, and they appear.
I think Google Photos is great!
Vast majority of my texts are on WhatsApp.
All WhatsApp texts to/from Ireland.
My youngest son chooses not to join us, despite La Bamba and me nagging him!
Your phone sounds as if it is very old!