IPhone beats traditional cameras to the top, yet again!
If there were any doubts on what it was, latest data from
photo sharing platform Flikr this week should put them to rest with more users resorting
to clicking pictures with the iPhone in 2017 than ever making it the largest
used technology for photography in the world.
The advent of smartphones dwelt a deathblow to traditional
cameras, particularly since 2010. But in 2017 they accounted for 50% of the photos uploaded to
Flickr, up from 48% in 2016.
Of these Apple’s
iPone has clearly emerged head and shoulders above competition with quality telephony
ending up a given on most brands.
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| Graphic courtesy : Statista |
Not surprisingly,
Apple itself has been promoting the iPhone as a photographic devise among other
things with detailed tutorials for
users to derive the most from it to shoot pictures.
Even though it was Apple phones that ruled the roost with
iPhone models occupying the top eight and 10th spots, it is not that
traditional camera devices are disappearing any time soon. DSLRs
accounted for 33% of the pictured uploaded to Flikr in 2017, up from 25% in
2016. But point and shoot devices were down to 12% from 21% in 2016. The Canon 5D Mark III placed 9th in the Top 10
Devices proving the favourite of the serious photographer though high end iPhones
are fast proving to be a challenge.
So the next time
you go out looking for a high end camera but think again. Will you be better
off buying a high-end phone?
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