During an interview at Nikon HQ in Japan, President Makoto Kimura said that they’re looking at the possibility of changing their approach to offer products to that “bigger market”. And by bigger market, he meant smartphone users. This statement came after the news of the industry-wide decline in compact camera sales last quarter which is partly due to the significant increase in smartphone usage all over the world. “The number of people taking snapshots is exploding by use of smartphones that sold 750 million or so last year and are still growing. - President Makoto Kimura, Nikon Corporation Although the imaging firm has already forecasted the possible decrease in point-and-shoot sales, they understand the need for Nikon to broaden their horizon to stay competitive in this ever-changing-world. However, I think we can all agree that his statements towards the current trend definitely hints at a Nikon smartphone in the future. Nikon introduced a new entry-level dSLR, the Nikon D3100, which has the capability of recording full HD 1080p videos. The Nikon D3100 is the successor to the popular D3000 line and brings in a set of new features and upgrades. Read more in our articles including "Nikon’s considering to enter the smartphone scene" and "Nikon D3100 dSLR gets Full 1080p video".
During an interview at Nikon HQ in Japan, President Makoto Kimura said that they’re looking at the possibility of changing their approach to offer products to that “bigger market”. And by bigger market, he meant smartphone users.
This statement came after the news of the industry-wide decline in compact camera sales last quarter which is partly due to the significant increase in smartphone usage all over the world. “The number of people taking snapshots is exploding by use of smartphones that sold 750 million or so last year and are still growing. - President Makoto Kimura, Nikon Corporation Although the imaging firm has already forecasted the possible decrease in point-and-shoot sales, they understand the need for Nikon to broaden their horizon to stay competitive in this ever-changing-world.
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