As new iterations of smartphones are consistently being unveiled, the camera is sought out as an increasingly important feature. This can be due to photography becoming somewhat of a mainstream activity, one that everyday people enjoy dabbling in. Smartphone cameras are taking over in part because you’re never without your phone and you’re connected to the internet through them, which is super important with social media’s role in our daily lives.
We can see this in the increasing popularity of video and photography applications: just look at the numbers associated with Instagram and Facebook. Reports have shown that nearly 300 million photos are added to Facebook every day and 27,800 photos to Instagram every minute. This only supports the demand for high quality on-the-go camera and photo sharing services. Yet, the success of such application companies rely a great deal on smartphones’ camera quality. To produce the best Vine video you need the best smartphone camera.
With the launch of the new Windows phone, many are pointing to Nokia’s Lumia 1020 as new standard for mobile camera quality. Just read The Verge’s review to see what we mean.
Decked out with a 41-megapixel resolution, the camera uses that to create 5-mp images that allows you to zoom in on specific portions of the image without comprising quality. The phone also holds a new camera software option, the Nokia “Pro Camera” app, that has an integrated tutorial and gives your image killer focus adjustments all with the swipe of your finger. With an estimate of 880 billion photos to be taken in 2014, maybe this new standard in imagery will keep that number rising.
Because of the new heights that mobile photography has reached in the Lumia 1020, such apps as Vine, Hipstamatic Oggl, Flipboard and more have been joining the Windows Phone platform. These additions will close the gap on some of the more popular apps that have been missing from Windows’ phones.
Prior to the new Lumia launch, Nokia has seen recent success in quarterly sales amidst some revenue struggles. Its second quarter Lumia sales, which totaled 7.4 million, beat out all Blackberry devices in the same period which came out to 6.8 million devices. This report affirms Windows’ position as the third seed Smartphone platform, and can give them some much needed momentum going into the future. As our partners, we’re certainly hoping so.
As we look to the close of 2013, it marks an exciting time for mobile photography. And for those of you attending SMW13 this September.
How so? We’ll be showcasing a few of these incredible devices throughout the week in select cities. Some attendees will even be selected for a trial of the device, just like this:
We’ll be exploring the future of it all, phones in hand.
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