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Megapixel Phones Encroach on Digital Camera Turf is an interesting examination in the Rise of the Camera Phone.
Camera Phone technology still lags behind that of most digital cameras, but some say its slowly (or quickly) catching up with the world's first 3.2 megapixel camera phone to be released by Casio later in June.
'Now many of Asia's leading phone makers -- from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to LG Electronics Ltd to NEC Corp -- have camera phones with one, two or even three megapixels, bringing them closer to digital camera turf.
South Korea (news - web sites)'s LG, the world's fifth-largest cell phone maker, rolled out a two-megapixel camera phone last month and local rival Samsung, the world's third-largest handset manufacturer, plans to follow suit this month.
But Japan's Casio Computer Co will trump them all when it comes out with the first 3.2-megapixel handset through telecoms carrier KDDI Corp later in June. In terms of pixel count, it will be on par with some of Casio's own cameras.
"The emergence of the 3.2-megapixel phone will have a direct negative impact on the digital camera market from three megapixels on down," said J.P. Morgan analyst Hisashi Moriyama.
"Demand for the three-megapixel category should naturally begin to shift from digital cameras to camera-equipped phones."'
Posted by Darren in our Camera Phones category on June 14, 2004