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Title: How the smartphone defeated the point-and-shoot digital camera Post by: HCK on August 19, 2014, 09:00:17 pm How the smartphone defeated the point-and-shoot digital camera
<article> <section class="page"> <p>It’s no secret that the smartphone has cannibalized digital camera sales. Market research firm IDC reports that smartphone sales topped 1 billion (http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24645514) in 2013, up 38 percent year over year. CIPA (the Camera & Imaging Products Association) shows a 36 percent drop in digital camera sales (http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/e/dw-201406_e.pdf) over the same period: Shipments plummeted from around 98 million in 2012 to 63 million units in 2013, with the biggest losses coming among mid- and low-priced models.</p><p>Some consumers even swear their new phones are taking better pictures (http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53064381) than their digital cameras ever did. When you see the comparisons, the quality does, indeed, look pretty darn close.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2466500/how-the-smartphone-defeated-the-point-and-shoot-digital-camera.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How the smartphone defeated the point-and-shoot digital camera (http://www.macworld.com/article/2466500/how-the-smartphone-defeated-the-point-and-shoot-digital-camera.html#tk.rss_all) |