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| Saturday, July 23, 2011
By Edmund Clare


With the emergence of smart phones into the market place that are now really challenging digital cameras for their quality of image, the role of the digital camera is under question and the preference of a smart phone like the HTC Evo 3D or the Apple iPhone 4 over a digital camera does beg the question, will digital cameras become obsolete? As smart phones are used for a greater and greater range of uses, the camera is just one function that has been exploited by the apps to give us, the customers, a far better piece of equipment and to allow us to live our lives better.

There are many arguments to retain digital cameras as separate pieces of equipment but there are equally as many arguments to include better and better quality cameras into our multi-functioning gadgets as we can.

What are the advantages? The main advantage is the many uses a smart phone has over a digital camera. Most people who own a digital camera probably only use it as a point and click camera and this is exactly what a smart phone camera will do just as successfully as a digital camera. The other advantage of a smart phone is the re-chargeability. Smart phones can be re-charged from a range of devices are not just limited to an electrical supply.

The 3D capability of the HTC Evo 3D means that this phone is going to be one of the most popular for users and developers. The HTC Evo 3D has fully 3D functionality with the use of glasses and this will make gaming, browsing on the internet and chatting a whole new experience. The market for smart phones with 3D movies will mean friends can share their creations as well as watching the latest movies releases. This will be a long awaited phone.

When Apple released the iPhone 4 the integration of the digital camera to allow Facetime was a revolution and face to face video chat became a reality. The iPhone 4 has a 5 megapixel camera that captures images with crystal clear image capturing and the vast range of apps for the iPhone 4 means that the digital camera is exploited for a whole host of applications such as pulse meters to Google maps with GPS. The main advantage of a smart phone over an ordinary camera is the simple fact that smart phones do a lot more. When you go travelling, the camera may be left behind in favour of your phone because why take two items that do the same task?

The other disadvantage of smart phones is the battery life and with high use of a battery that come from the high processor speeds. Battery technology does allow fast recharging and the availability of solar charges, USB chargers and car chargers does mean that a user can recharge their smart phone from anywhere in the world if they wanted to. This is not like some digital cameras which do need a 240V charger.

The question is will digital cameras become obsolete and the answer is probably yes for the majority of the public who own a smart phone and who are not amateur photographers. The days of picking up a cheap digital camera for under 100 will be gone and they will probably be replaced by the smart gadgets that will take over many functions; and the opportunities are endless.

The best solution to this problem is down to how well we, as users, adapt our lifestyles to use the functions that are in our smartphones. If we totally rely on these machines then the role of the digital camera for family snaps and video capture may be at an end. The ease at which we can share our moments with friends and family all over the world by simply clicking an app does mean that smart phones have an added advantage over cameras and may mean their demise.




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