In-Stat Report on Camera-Phones

Digitimes: Less than a third of camera phone owners surveyed by In-Stat indicated that they share picture messages with friends. Once people start using their new phones, they are turned off by perceived poor picture quality, slow network speeds, and the difficulty of creating and sending pictures.
There will be from 300-850 million mobile users that will send at least one image per month across the carrier network by 2010, according to the report. However, only one in 20 camera phone users prints pictures or stores them on carrier-provided websites, indicated the report. 28% of current camera phone owners actually share pictures using messaging service, compared with nearly 60% who hoped to before purchasing their camera phones, the report observed.
According to a November 2005 report by IDC, global camera phone shipments will climb from 270 million units in 2004 to nearly 766 million in 2009, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.2%. However, total mobile phone shipments worldwide are estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.1% from 2004 to 2009, when the shipments will total 998 million units, the report pointed out.
Below is the forecast of camera-phone shipments, as compiled by Digitimes: