Printing Camera Phone Pictures

It looks like the more pictures you take with your camera, the more you want to print them. Atleast, that is what was found by a study that Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. released.

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. today released findings from a camera phone behavior study completed by NPD Techworld, a division of the NPD Group, Inc., revealing that 44.6 percent of participants said they have taken pictures with their camera phone that they wished they had printed. The most commonly noted reasons for not printing these images included image quality, simplicity of process and overall perceived cost.

“Clearly, the camera phone market continues to enjoy a healthy boom,” said Neil Strother, research director for mobile devices for The NPD Group. “Our data show that last year camera phones had penetrated 7 percent of the U.S. market, and now that number is close to 22 percent - a dramatic year-over-year increase of nearly 200 percent. As more megapixel camera phones enter the market and image quality improves, the expectation is that significantly more consumers will want to print the photos taken with these improved products.”

The study, based on a survey of more than 400 U.S. camera phone owners, points to a significant opportunity for retailers and vendors to capitalize on the printing potential from accelerating adoption rates of camera phones and the growth in mobile imaging.

“Early adopters of digital cameras most often printed at home, if they printed at all - there weren’t many options yet available or convenient. Now the infrastructure to get digital prints at retail is in place and consumers are adopting this behavior more quickly,” said John Prendergast, Vice President, Web and Online Services, Imaging Group, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. “As the quality, functionality and ease-of-use of camera phones improve, we see users gravitating to the service, quality and cost-effectiveness of the retail destination.”

The data notes a strong correlation between the number of images taken by a camera phone and the likelihood they will be printed, with those who print taking nearly double the number of images a month. The study also found that 74 percent of camera phone users also own a digital camera. Other key findings from the survey indicate that, much like digital cameras, the most commonly photographed subjects by camera phone users are friends, family and children (80.1%), followed by pets (37.2%). An interesting difference is the use of camera phones to take “random” or “spur of the moment” images (29.8%).

Check out Business Wire for the rest of the story.

September 14th, 2005 Posted by David in News at 7:43 am Comment Now! »
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