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A Snapshot of the Top Camera Phones |
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More than half of all cell phones shipped worldwide have cameras built in, and that percentage is only expected to grow. Several studies show that camera phones will comprise 87% of all phones by 2010. According to Lyra Research, North American camera phone users will take 11 billion pictures in 2006.
Another report, issued by Nokia, reports that 44% of cell phone users around the world already use their phone as their primary camera. 30% of the photos on Flickr, the leading online photo-sharing site, are uploaded directly from camera phones. In a 2005 Harris Interactive survey commissioned by LetsTalk.com, an integrated camera was one of the most sought after cell phone features, with 63% of consumers expressing interest in a camera phone. 2006 will see both Nokia and Samsung release cell phones with 3.0 megapixel cameras in the US that will rival the image quality of many compact digital cameras and enable photo-quality prints. As of today Samsung Electronics, has the highest megapixel camera phone, the 8.0 megapixel WCDMA SPH-V8200.
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