A Snapshot of the Top Camera Phones

More than half of all cell phones shipped worldwide have cameras built in, and that percentage is only expected to grow. Several studies show that camera phones will comprise 87% of all phones by 2010. According to Lyra Research, North American camera phone users will take 11 billion pictures in 2006. Another report, issued by Nokia, reports that 44% of cell phone users around the world already use their phone as their primary camera. 30% of the photos on Flickr, the leading online photo-sharing site, are uploaded directly from camera phones. In a 2005 Harris Interactive survey commissioned by LetsTalk.com, an integrated camera was one of the most sought after cell phone features, with 63% of consumers expressing interest in a camera phone. 2006 will see both Nokia and Samsung release cell phones with 3.0 megapixel cameras in the US that will rival the image quality of many compact digital cameras and enable photo-quality prints. As of today Samsung Electronics, has the highest megapixel camera phone, the 8.0 megapixel WCDMA SPH-V8200.



Digital Imaging Statistics
111 mln digital cameras to sell in 2008
12 mln digital photo frames to ship by 2010
31% of consumers who print digital photos go to a retail location
33.6% of money made on digital cameras in 2010 will be from DSLR cameras
34% of US digital camera owners are repeat digital camera buyers
37% of digital cameras sold in the US in 2005 were 5 megapixel, 37.5% - 3 megapixel
45% of all mobile phones sold in the US in 2005 were cameraphones
500 mln cameraphones sold in 2005, 900 mln by 2009
75% of all phones sold in 2009 will have cameras
85 mln cameraphones sold in Europe by year-end 2005
90% of all professional photos taken in 2010 will be digital
Number of digital images captured by users to grow at 24% a year
Only 13% of digital images get printed
Taiwanese digital still camera shipments grew 51% in 2005
US camera accessories market generated $598.1 mln in 2005, 27% growth
US digital camera market leaders: Kodak - 21.3%, Canon - 17.7%, Sony - 17.7%
US digital camera market to reach $6.8 bln in 2006