Is the rigorous development of camera mobile phones making digital cameras redundant?
Could it be that tech gadgets are taking on too much these days? Over the last few years, we have seen mobile phones and digital cameras treading on each other’s turf, leading to the emergence of the camera phone that has massively revolutionised the technological livelihood of millions. The market already has 5-mega pixel models, and a record number of units are now being sold. A study conducted by Nikkei BP Consulting Inc found that many consumers even expect camera phones to now perform as well as digital cameras. Thus market observers have good reason to suspect that competition between camera mobile phones and digital cameras will become increasingly fierce. Already there are reports that cell phones with built-in cameras are being produced at higher numbers than digital cameras and many argue that they are rendering digital cameras irrelevant. True, the resolution range in the camera phone is comparatively low, but for day-to-day usage and general printing purposes, the average 2
