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Apr 18, 2011

The iPhone 4 is Killing Compact Cameras When it Comes to Photo Uploads

The iPhone 4 has steadily been pushing its way up the most-uploaded list at Flickr for some time now, it's almost toppled the Nikon D40 off the pedestal. It'll be around a month when Apple receives the Flickr crown, on Flickr, at least.

Interestingly, the D40 is three years old, and the iPhone 4 is under a year old. Behind the iPhone is the Canon EOS Rebel XSi, which is also three years old. The second chart, above, shows the decline of the most popular compact cameras, which coincidentally are all Canon PowerShots.

So what's behind this trend? Is it that more people own iPhones than compacts, or simply that the iPhone's always-connected status (well, if you're not on AT&T, anyway) is a better conduit for uploading pics on the fly?

10 comments:

  1. edApril 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    i dont have a problem with this

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  2. 50 YenApril 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    didn't know that

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  3. GraftedApril 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    not really surprised

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  4. JayApril 18, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    for as long as the quality of the images keeps improving, this is good news.

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  5. UnknownApril 18, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Makes sense to me. An iPhone is more portable than a camera.

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  6. JackieApril 18, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    think iphone with data, is so easy, and it has a pretty decent camera for daily shots, nothing professional of course.

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  7. MRanthropeApril 18, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    kinda sad...nobody appreciates a good camera anymore?

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  8. Andy KhunApril 19, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    It IS a good camera though.

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  9. GoGoGoViralApril 19, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    it's because anyone that has one is on it 24/7...

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  10. ZombieApril 19, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    Because the iPhones camera is much better than a regular camera! lol.

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