Will the popularity of smart phones really eliminate cameras?

With the increasing power and popularity of smart phones, we can often see the saying that xx has been gradually eliminated with the popularity of smart phones. Now, people only need to take a mobile phone to travel/go out. Today's smart phones are becoming more and more powerful. Whether it is photography or games, we will spend more time and energy on smart phones. So, have cameras, game consoles and other products really been replaced? Let's talk about cameras today. Competition for consumer card cameras is weak.

First of all, this is a consumer card camera. What is a consumer card camera? For a simple example, we have seen the most camera counters of this card machine.

If it was a few years ago, many people might have such a card machine at home. However, this kind of equipment is rarely seen in online stores or offline stores. From the manufacturer's point of view, most manufacturers cut off their product lines to meet the basic needs, and only some brands will keep higher-end machines, such as Sony's black card series, Panasonic's lx series and Canon's gx series. Even Casio, who plays selfie art and split cameras, announced on April 25th, 20 18 that it would abandon the consumer compact camera market. On the surface, it is much more convenient to take photos with a mobile phone than with a cassette camera. The photos we are taking now prefer to share programs with Weibo instantly. Of course, mobile phones come faster.

From the perspective of the whole industry, the most critical factor is that low-end card cameras are overwhelmed by many smart phones in terms of basic specifications and even industrial chain support. Nowadays, the size and performance of CMOS sensors in smart phones far exceed that of many consumer-grade card cameras. Coupled with the more convenient operation and enjoyment of mobile phone cameras, such consumer card cameras will naturally lose the market. High-end cameras have opened the gap and the competition has become more intense. In fact, we have said that some brands will maintain the positioning of high-end cameras, but at the same time they also tell us that the competitiveness of high-end cameras is improving.

We limit it to card cameras. Take SonnyBlackCard for example. In July, the company updated a new generation of products, equipped with Sony's latest generation of 1 inch stacked sensor and lens equivalent to 24-200mm2.8-F4.5 lens, which has significantly improved shooting and focusing, so it is called a handheld telephoto camera. In addition, the price of the sixth generation black card ranges from 2000 yuan to 1000 yuan.

Therefore, in addition to mobile phones, more demanding users can also choose. Not to mention Panasonic LX 100, APS-c Ricoh, Fuji X 100 and so on. Let's look at the high end. Sony A7, A9, Panasonic S 1 hour, etc. all have super-large CMOS size and extremely high-standard lens quality. These products bring film effects and a more professional photography experience. The high-end market may stimulate more love because of the popularity of smart phones, which indirectly stimulates the high-end market. Therefore, the popularity of smart phones can not really eliminate cameras, but only those cameras that are far from the current mobile phones.