Camera Phones

Almost all mobile phones have cameras on them now days. The most popular type of mobile phone in the UK today in the Iphone 6 which has an 8 megapixel camera which is a good quality. Now everyone can take high quality photographs with the small devices that we carry around everywhere. Now days no one has the problem of forgetting to bring a camera with them.

The first mobile phone with a camera was the J-phone which was sold in Japapan in 2000. Since then camera phones have became more and more popular through the years and now every phone has one. Most camera phones have a fixed lens, the ability to focus, flash, filters and even things like panorama. Now with social media we can instantly share our photographs with the world straight after taking them. The camera phone has a had a large effect on the camera industry. Now people don’t feel the need to spend money on cameras. Why would they need to spend a lot of money on an item that they will have to carry around and take time moving pictures from their camera to their computer when they can just use the phone that they have anyway?

The Nokia Lumia 1020 has one of the best cameras, here are some of its qualities:

CPU: 1.5GHz Snapdragon MSM8960 dual-core
Camera: 41MP PureView
Display: 4.5-inch AMOLED PureMotion+, 768 x 1280 resolution
Capacity: 32/64GB internal, no microSD
Dimensions: 130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm
Weight: 158g
Extras: Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11n, NFC

I like the fact that everyone has cameras with them now as people can capture any moments of their lives easily but I also think it is a shame that the camera industry has to suffer.

Sources: 

http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/mobile_tracker/

https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-6/specs/

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/best-camera-phone-6-handsets-tested-904250

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_phone

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/mobile/phone/lumia1020/