CEA says nine percent of photos captured by camera phones

A Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) study says camera phone photos comprise nine percent of images captured, twice as much from 2005, according to Digital Camera Review.

The study, "Sharing and Storing Photos and Video II," reports that of the number of people who consider a camera phone as their primary camera, 47 percent also own a digital still camera.  So far, people seem to be switching between their camera phone and digital camera -- taking photos at different times with different cameras.

However, this might change.  The article says Tim Herbert, senior director of market research at CEA, predicts that as camera phones improve with three megapixel (and better) resolution, better storage and additional features, more people might use only camera phones for taking photos.

The CEA says the biggest area for growth in the digital still camera market will be products with six to seven megapixels.  Digital camera manufacturers will, of course, continue to add features, such as image stabilization, better lenses, wireless options and photo/video sharing.

(I wasn't able to access the CEA's Web site when I posted this to link directly to the association's press release.  I'll try again later.)

Comments

[Ousama Abushagur]

I think as quality and optics improve in camera phones usage will increase significantly.