Camera phone set to become commodity, but usage still too low
Camera phones are not only here to stay but over the next few years will become an accepted feature of most mobile handsets worldwide, the rule rather than the exception. Once the quality of in-built cameras starts to match that of the average digital camera, then a higher percentage of people will use them and service providers will have a positive impact on data revenue streams, but only if pricing plans are adjusted to encourage usage and service providers will increase their bandwidths to cope. Best estimates among analysts are that this will be in 2006/7 in Europe and North America.
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