Here are some excerpts from a trade article on Camera Phones.
Camera phones to remain hot
SAN JOSE, Calif. ? The camera-enabled cellular phone market is booming, as
shipments are expected to reach nearly 1 billion units by the end of this
decade, according to a new report.
In total, the market for camera-enabled cellular phones is expected to grow
from 225 million units in 2004, to 365 million units in 2005, to 475 million in
2006, to 600 million in 2007, to 780 million by 2008, according to the report
from IC Insights Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
......By 2009, camera-equipped cellular phones are forecast to represent
almost three-fourths of the total handset market. At that time, camera-enabled
handset shipments are expected to reach 910 million units, according to the
report.
..... In early 2002, most camera phones offered 300,000-pixel images. Then,
in 2004, Japan?s Casio introduced a camera-equipped cellular phone that offered
3.2 million pixel autofocus imaging capability.
Korea?s Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. began shipping its SCH-770, the world?s
first 7.4 million-pixel camera-equipped cell phone in mid-2005. This handset
was priced at over $900.
..........The high-resolution versions of camera phones are forecast to go
from representing only about 4 percent of the 2004 camera phone market to
almost 95 percent of the market by 2009, according to IC Insights.
Tim Hughes
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