PICTURE THE FUTURE -- everyone, everywhere has a screen phone or mobile screen. Oh, isn't that now? Nope....even if it seems like it, analysts Infotrends say that by 2010 almost 90 percent of phone shipments will be camera phones.
Camera Phones Account for 87% of Mobile Phone Shipments in 2010
Click on this chart from InfoTrends to see the future of screen phones and pix anywhere, anytime, anyplace.
InfoTrends projects that worldwide camera phone shipments will grow from 233 million units in 2004 to 903 million units in 2010. By 2010, camera phones are expected to account for 87% of all mobile phone handsets shipped. The primary drivers behind this explosion are improvements in imaging functions (i.e. image sensors, zoom, and auto focus); rapid declines in prices for this functionality; higher speed wireless bandwidth; and easier-to-use handsets, services, and peripherals.
Research for the study included interviews with 4,782 consumers across four major geographic regions, namely North America, Western Europe ( U.K., France, Germany, and Spain), Japan, and China.
Key findings include:*228 billion images captured on camera phones by 2010,
*End of the 'camera' camera? Several firms announced this week they are getting out of the 'camera' and film business is there any relationship -- Hollywood2020 asks? Camera phones will put immense competitive pressures on one-time use cameras and low-end cameras.
*Where is the printer? The value of camera phone photo printing will reach approximately $7.0 billion by 2010, approximately 60% of which will take place in the home. According to InfoTrends research, Image messaging revenue will reach US$6.8 billion by 2010. For the full story from InfoTrends go to: cellular-news (U.K.) (1/19)
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