Monday, May 10, 2004
The Inquirer: "Cameraphones Will Overtake Digital Cameras By 2008"
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 07:30 PM
"A report from the iSuppli Corporation says that the number one application for flash memory cards remains digital cameras today but by 2008, digital cameras will be replaced by digital mobile handsets. This will be a major change because between them USB drives and digital cameras presently account for 81 per cent of the consumption of flash memory cards."
So we have already been discussing the possibility of this happening for some time now, i.e. cell phone cameras becoming more popular than regular digital cameras. However, this article is making this claim keeping in mind the impact it will have on flash memory. Interesting take on how things are shaping up. I would ordinarily agree with them because more and more people, IMHO, are moving toward devices that combine the functionality of a cell phone, PDA, camera, watch, kitchen sink, etc into one tiny little unit. However, one problem I have with this prediction is that I think it is very ambitious. We have just hit 1MP in cameraphones and 2MP is sort of around the corner. However, standalone digital cameras are well into the 5-6MP range and offer a significantly larger feature-set which has been completely lacking in cameraphones so far (and there is that lack of flash problem). What do all of you think?
So we have already been discussing the possibility of this happening for some time now, i.e. cell phone cameras becoming more popular than regular digital cameras. However, this article is making this claim keeping in mind the impact it will have on flash memory. Interesting take on how things are shaping up. I would ordinarily agree with them because more and more people, IMHO, are moving toward devices that combine the functionality of a cell phone, PDA, camera, watch, kitchen sink, etc into one tiny little unit. However, one problem I have with this prediction is that I think it is very ambitious. We have just hit 1MP in cameraphones and 2MP is sort of around the corner. However, standalone digital cameras are well into the 5-6MP range and offer a significantly larger feature-set which has been completely lacking in cameraphones so far (and there is that lack of flash problem). What do all of you think?
