IPhone 4 - still good phone?

I'm currently in the process of leaving Verizon and switching to a non-contract place, Virgin Mobile. I'm trying to find a phone with a *good* camera, as I'm constantly taking pictures, and one with all of the necessary updates to have it function 100%, of course.
I have been using Android ever since I got a smartphone and am thinking of switching to the iPhone because I know it's reliable and is one of the better phones Virgin Mobile has.
My question is, can I get an iPhone 4 and still be happy with it even though the 5 is out? The 4 is only $160 compared to the 5C's $350. Is a brand new 4 going to run well and have the latest iOS and all that, or is it all but mandatory that I go to the 5?

Yes. I have an iPhone 4 and I'm really happy with it and everything works on it just fine. I don't plan on getting the iPhone 5 until I can get for free or pay super cheap for it. Although the newer iPhones do have a better camera quality better then the iPhone 4/4s for sure. So consider that when choosing the 4 camera is good but is not the best compared to the 5

Don't ever buy anything apple.
I forgot which phone exactly but there's s phone with a, I believe, 16 megapixel camera.
There are a lot of phones better than IPhones.
Don't buy an iPhone just because everyone else has one

No, Androids lead now, its just the better phone.

Well the iPhone 4s is still around, quite a few people have it still and it seems to run just fine! It doesn't have the processor or camera quality that that 5's have, but it's still very usable. It runs iOS 7, and from what i've seen, it takes pretty good pictures. If you're talking about the iPhone 4 though, not the 4s, I would advise you to just get another android phone. The original iPhone 4 is very obsolete, it doesn't run iOS 7 (Apple's latest software), it's got a pretty slow processor compared to any other smartphone on the market right now, and what you're getting for the price ($160) is NOTHING! You could find an iPhone 4 for FREE if you looked hard enough, I use my friend's old one as an iPod touch. It works, but it's very slow and glitchy, not to mention that it is completely dropped from Apple's product line up. If you absolutely had to get a 4, I would really hope you get the 4s!