Camera-phone shipments expected to grow through 2009.(Wireless Metrics)

RCR Wireless News, January, 2005

Worldwide camera-phone shipments are expected to grow from 178 million units last year to more than 860 million units in 2009, according to projections from InfoTrends/CAP Ventures. During the same timeframe, camera phones will grow to account for 89 percent of all mobile-phone handsets shipped, said the firm.

The growth of camera phones will be driven by improvements in imaging functions like image sensors, zoom and auto focus, as well as rapid declines in prices, higher-speed wireless bandwidth and easier-to-use handsets, service and peripherals, said InfoTrends/CAP Ventures. "Society is moving into an era of ubiquitous imaging that offers the ability to capture, store, send, print and view an image anywhere,'' said Jeff Hayes, a director at...

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