WSJ: Camera Succumb to Smartphone Juggernaut

[Nero]

Cameras: Latest Victims of the Smartphone Juggernaut - WSJ.com

Not sure if anyone else has seen this but I'm surprised the WSJ actually let their name be anywhere near this obvious iPhone advertisement which doesn't deserve to be called "journalism" or even "news."

EDIT: Well this site is making it impossible to sign in (which you need to do to read this article, sorry bout that) right now so I'll try and summarize.

Basically, this guy from the WSJ (who is apparently quite the Apple fanboy) is saying that smartphones-specifically the iPhone 5S-have replaced digital cameras due to the "convenience" factor.

 

[480sparky]

I presume one needs to register just to read the article?

 

[Nero]

Whoops, sorry. Didn't realize that. Let me try and quote some of it.

 

[john*thomas]

There have been articles like this before. For many the smartphones have replaced a camera. I imagine it is a problem for the manufacturers. Heck, I use mine on occasion but it just isn't right. It's like drinking beer out of can. I'll do it but I far prefer a bottle.

 

[Lawrence]

There have been articles like this before. For many the smartphones have replaced a camera. I imagine it is a problem for the manufacturers. Heck, I use mine on occasion but it just isn't right. It's like drinking beer out of can. I'll do it but I far prefer a bottle.

I'd rather drink beer out of anything than take a photo with a phone ….

 

[Horoscope Fish]

Stunning (!!) revelation that most people do not pursue photography as a serious hobby but instead prefer to use something they carry with them every day already for occasionally taking pictures; an activity distinctly different from "photography", in my opinion.

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[DraganDL]

Depends on what category of cameras - surely, we are witnessing the extinction of so-called "budget class point'n'shoot''. Bye, bye, Coolpix (you ain't that cool anymore) and alike... Other than that, it's just a bad marketing joke, because, as someone noticed long time ago, there is a difference between "snapshot" and the "photograph"...

 

[john*thomas]

Depends on what category of cameras - surely, we are witnessing the extinction of so-called "budget class point'n'shoot''. Bye, bye, Coolpix (you ain't that cool anymore) and alike... Other than that, it's just a bad marketing joke, because, as someone noticed long time ago, there is a difference between "snapshot" and the "photograph"...

This is a good point. The manufacturers did make a lot of money with the point and shoots though so it's still a problem for them. I could see and can't imagine why it hasn't happened yet......"The new Razr 4g with Nikon photo technology"

 

[Nero]

Depends on what category of cameras - surely, we are witnessing the extinction of so-called "budget class point'n'shoot''. Bye, bye, Coolpix (you ain't that cool anymore) and alike... Other than that, it's just a bad marketing joke, because, as someone noticed long time ago, there is a difference between "snapshot" and the "photograph"...

Well the genius who wrote this thinks that it's not just budget P&S cameras that are being replaced, it's all cameras including SLR's. Which is a complete joke as you put it.

 

[Mike150]

Would these be the same people who stand and video the person who just got hit by a car, rather than offer medical assistance.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Depends on what category of cameras - surely, we are witnessing the extinction of so-called "budget class point'n'shoot''. Bye, bye, Coolpix (you ain't that cool anymore) and alike... Other than that, it's just a bad marketing joke, because, as someone noticed long time ago, there is a difference between "snapshot" and the "photograph"...

Don't count the CoolPix out. They make some very good cameras.

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