Most industry pundits claim that people don’t use their cell phones for pictures very often. Don’t tell Samsung and their customers that, as their high-res camera phones sales continue to climb and do surprisingly well.
In fact, according to recent industry reports, Samsung has claimed that global sales of its high megapixel cameraphones (considered 5MP or higher for phones) have topped 10 million units this year, and that’s a notable achievement indeed, as most consider cameras in phones strictly a throw-in for the most part.
It wasn’t specified how many units were sold exactly (5MP vs. 8MP, etc), but it’s a safe bet that 5MP units have sold more than the new 8MP ones, due to their lower price tag. The thought is if you want sharper 8MP images, you generally just buy a digital camera (whose prices are also plummeting rapidly).
Industry wise, this is a huge accomplishment, as many makers of phones these days aren’t touting their cameras as a big feature, and the phone market in general is suffering a downturn with the softening of the economic climate in most parts of the world right now.
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