InfoTrends predicts worldwide camera phone sales to reach almost 150 million in 2004

InfoTrends Research Group predicts almost 150 million camera phones will be sold in 2004, comprising slightly more than 25 percent of all cellular phone sales, according to its report 2004 Worldwide Camera Phone and Photo Messaging Forecast. Camera phones this year will generate 29 billion digital images.

Based on a compound annual growth rate of 55 percent, 656 million camera phones will be sold in 2008.

Although Japan now accounts for more than 50 percent of the world's camera phone sales, that will change this year as sales in other countries increase. The research firm forecasts that in 2004, boosted by camera phone sales in China, the "rest of the world" will generate more than half of the sales.

Longer term predictions

By 2008, shipments of camera phones in the rest of the world will comprise 56 percent of the market.

I take all wireless data predictions with a very large grain of salt.

(The news from InfoTrends has been out for a few days, but I had other items I wanted to post. I'm posting it now as much as a reference for statistics as for its news value.)

Comments

[Curious]

Help? I am trying to find statistics on what countries use cell phones the most? Who's at the top? Finland, China------? This question came up in my class and I have not found the information over the internet. Perhaps I haven't phrased the question properly?

Thanks.

Curious for Class