A short history of the camera phone

Camera phone Milestones:

1838 First known photo of a person
1901 First consumer camera: Kodak Brownie
1960 2.2 billion photographs taken
1979 First commercial mobile phone cellular telecoms network, in Tokyo
1981 First commercial electronic still camera (Sony Mavica)
1983 First U.S. cellular mobile phone service, in Chicago
1989 4 million mobile phone subscribers in the world
1991 Second generation (2G) of mobile phone networks
1999 740 million mobile phone subscriptions — one in eight humans had a mobile phone (more mobile phones than personal computers or automobiles)
2000 First camera phone, made by Sharp, distributed by J-Phone in Japan. Resolution of 0.1 megapixels — 300×300 pixels.
2004 End of film cameras (according to industry group PMA)
2004 Camera phone sales exceed sales of stand-alone digital cameras
2006 Camera phone sales exceed sales of stand-alone digital cameras and film-based cameras combined
2007 More than one billion camera phones in use — a feat which took seven years, in contrast to TV (65 years) and personal computer (33 years)
2009 4.6 billion mobile phone subscriptions. 2.5 billion camera phones in use
2009 2.5 billion camera phones in use
2011 380 billion photos taken in the year; 3.5 trillion photos taken in history
2011 Apple iPhone 4 is the most popular camera on Flickr
2013 Apple iPhone 5 is the most popular camera on Flickr

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