Camera phones will comprise 99 percent of cellular handset sales in South Korea in 2005, according to an article in The Korea Times. The article says, "The nation's handset manufacturers said Monday
local sales of camera phones rocketed from 1.3 million in 2002 to 7.1
million last year.
"The figure is projected to reach 13 million this
year and 15 million for 2005. As a result, the camera-embedded phones will capture 51 percent of the market in 2003, up from 8 percent in 2002.
"The ratio is forecast to further jump to 81 percent this year and 99 percent for 2005."
Japanese, Korean manufacturers rule
If you want to see where the camera phone market is going, you need to look at the product and services being launched in Japan and South Korea. The Japanese and South Korean manufacturers compete aggressively against each other for market share, and they all compete against Nokia.
The Korea Times reports, "Strategic Analytics [sic -- I believe the firm is called Strategy Analystics] said Japanese giant NEC carved out 15.5 percent of the 77.9-million camera phone market last year followed by Nokia's 13 percent and Samsung Electronics came in at third with about 10 million sales for 11.8 percent.
"However, Samsung is likely to more than treble its camera phone shipments to 35 million units this year to climb at least a notch in the global standings, according to Daishin Securities analyst Lee Young-yong."
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