Camera phones are booming across 12 countries in Asia, says a detailed GfK Group press release.
The GfK Group’s “2007 Mid-Year Pan Asian Mobile Phone and Digital Imaging” report says more than 78 million camera phones were sold worth almost $18 billion from January 2007 – June 2007. The number of phones increased 44 percent and the dollar amount increased 28 percent compared to the same period in 2006.
The 12–country market generated sales of slightly more than 149 million for all cellular phones, an increase of 39 percent compared to the same period last year. Sales in that half-year 2007 period represented almost $22.5 billion compared to 2006 and a four percent increase from 2005 to 2006, the report says.
The report covers Asian market conditions for three major types of phones: Handsets with monochrome displays, color displays but no camera and color display with a camera.
More Asian statistics
The release says, “In South Korea, relatively flat sales values are a result of a mature market, with large declines in sales of monochrome units (-79 percent) and color handsets with no camera (-71 percent), and falling unit values in color camera handsets.
“In contrast, Thailand’s growth in volume and sales value is occurring in the monochrome market (61 percent volume and 31 percent value increases), and the color camera segment has only grown 3 percent on volume over the same period in 2006.”
There are many more statistics in the release.
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