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Since I do not own a smartphone yet... (yeah, you can laugh about that!), I am still using my digital Sony cyber-shot. How about you, do you use your digital camera less now you are having a smartphone? and what do you think those camera companies should do to keep their sales up?
I guess it might help to have a good connection to the internet on your digital camera and to focus more on high quality camera's instead.
I guess it might help to have a good connection to the internet on your digital camera and to focus more on high quality camera's instead.
Soaring smartphone demand rings alarm bells for Japan camera firms
The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, threatening the once-vibrant sector as firms scramble to hit back with web-friendly features and boost quality, analysts say...
Just as digital cameras all but destroyed the market for photographic film, the rapid shift to picture-taking smartphones has torn into a camera sector dominated by Japanese firms including Canon, Olympus, Sony and Nikon.
Global shipments of digital cameras among Japanese firms tumbled about 42 per cent in September from a year ago to 7.58 million units, with compact offerings falling 48 per cent, according to the Association.
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