Nine out of 10 Phones will have a Camera by 2009

I am not surpised that everyone wants an integrated device. More pictures are being sent online than ever before, and we don’t need the same image quality that a printed image demands, so putting cameras in phones has been a real growth market. Now a study is saying 9 out of 10 will have a camera by 2009. I think it could be even faster than that with nearly every new cell phone release including an integrated camera.

From Silicon.com:

Within four years, nine out of 10 mobile phones sold will feature a camera.

According to predictions by research company IDC, 179 million camera phones will be sold in western Europe in 2009 - more than 90 per cent of total mobile phone sales.

The researchers said demand for camera phones will slightly outpace the growth forecast for the total mobile phone market.

Andrew Brown, IDC’s European mobile devices programme manager, said in a statement: “The integrated digital camera has become the most visible illustration to date of the progress of convergence in the mobile market.”

Last year 70 per cent of mobile phones shipped in western Europe had integrated cameras - up from just 15 per cent in 2003.

October 10th, 2005 Posted by David in News at 11:28 am Comment Now! »
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