Camera phones stats

Worldwide sales of camera phones will reach 295.5 million in 2005, according to Gartner Inc. This represents 38 percent of total worldwide mobile phone sales, up from 14 percent in 2004.

In Japan where camera phones account for nearly 92 percent of total mobile phone sales, over 78 percent of models sold in 2005 will have one or two megapixels. Gartner estimates that by 2009, almost 50 percent of camera phones sold in Japan will have more than three megapixels.

Outside of these more advanced markets, Gartner believes that 1.3 megapixels is now the minimum standard that will be supplied with a high-end phone with two megapixel models starting to come into the market and becoming more widespread in 2006.

http://www.gartner.com/press_releases/asset_140794_11.html