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Worldwide Camera Phone Installed Base Tops 1.5 Billion in 2010 |
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According to a new forecast by Lyra Research, the digital imaging authority camera phones have now become the most prevalent image-capture devices in the world.
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The global installed base of camera phones has now surpassed that of film and digital cameras combined. Lyra estimates that the installed base of camera phones will reach approximately 850 million units in 2006, and this number is expected to grow to more than 1.5 billion units in 2010 (see figure).
This camera phone market forecast is the latest addition to Lyra's Consumer Imaging Intelligence service. The complete forecast includes projections of camera phone unit shipments by sensor resolution and the numbers of images being captured, saved, and printed from this nascent class of devices.
"In less than five years since the very inception of this product category, camera phones have gone from nonexistent to predominant," comments Steve Hoffenberg, Lyra's director of consumer imaging research. "We're still in the early stages of market development for mobile imaging. Picture quality is still immature, and market penetration has largely been supply-side driven," adds Hoffenberg. "But camera phone picture quality will improve substantially over the next several years, upstream transmission bandwidth will increase, and consumers will become increasingly familiar with the incredible inherent benefit of wireless connectivity for images."
Attend Lyra's Camera Phone Presentation at Photokina
Lyra's Steve Hoffenberg will deliver a presentation called "Changing Camera Phone User Behavior" at the Picture-Taking with Mobile Imaging Devices conference on September 28, 2006, in Cologne, Germany, held as part of Photokina, the world's largest trade show for the imaging industry. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to hear Lyra's lead consumer imaging analyst present data and analysis from Lyra's primary research and market forecasts, exploring the present and future state of camera phone usage. For more information about the Picture-Taking with Mobile Imaging Devices conference, visit www.imieurope.com. For more information about Photokina,see: www.photokina-cologne.com www.lyra.com
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jepherberich
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Not surprised here. In a span of 2 years, say, the average joe will stick to his point-and-shoot digital camera, yet at the same time will buy 3-4 phones. With camera modules becoming a staple of phones nowadays, even in the lower buying bracket, it's easy to see. Too bad it wasn't mentioned in the article whether they only counted (multi)megapixel cameras, or even the cif/vga ones
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