Consumers go mad for camera phones

From MMS Memo: "Smartphone sales have increased by almost 250 per cent since last year as people upgrade to handsets featuring digital cameras.

People have upgraded their handsets because manufacturers have found a "killer application" - the digital camera, according to research firm Canalys."

And in Bloomberg today: "Japan's mobile phone sales rose for a second consecutive quarter, increasing 34 percent as demand for new phones and upgrades to new models with built-in cameras increased, according to Gartner Japan Ltd., the market researcher's Tokyo- based unit." [...] "And camera phones rose to 74.5 percent of total handsets in Japan in the three months ended March 31, compared with 57.3 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31".

emily | 3:16 PM | Trends |
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