The capabilities of the smart phone are growing so rapidly that other gadgets such as digital cameras and MP3 players are beginning to lose popularity. It is not so much that these accessories are not also evolving, but rather that the compact design of smart phones is taking over. They say that bigger is better, but the evolution of modern technology says otherwise. The iPhone was released less than four years ago and was the first phone to have a massive storage device for media files. Apple had successful combined the MP3 player and the phone. Now that they have successful integrated those two technologies, the next point of attack is point and shoot digital cameras.
The latest smart phones, such as the Droid X, Evo 4G and iPhone 4 come equipped with 5-megapixel and 8-megapixel cameras. While they do not rival the majority of new point and shoot cameras, which have up to 15-megapixels, they are heading in that direction. In actuality, the naked eye cannot make a clear distinction between a photograph taken with a 10-megapixel or a 15-megapixel camera. The bottom line is that people will grow tired of the extra accessories and just like they dropped their MP3 players in favour of their smart phones, they will soon be rid of their digital cameras.
In 2001, the top of the line digital SLR camera had a whopping 4-megapixel chip. Mind you that this is the best SLR of the time. Now, just 10 years after the fact, you can find a cell phone that has twice that amount.
