Photography firm Schneider Kreuznach has surveyed 1,000 users in Germany, China, India and the US about their usage patterns for digital cameras and mobile phones.
One in four people said that in future they'll only use their mobile to take photos, as long as it's up to the quality of today's six-megapixel digital cameras. However, in India and China, this rose to 79% of respondants. If you're still tempted to laugh at the thought of mobile blogging, think what might happen in those markets.
Meanwhile, in India and China, 60% and 52% of people respectively take photos with their mobile phones several times a week, compared to 26% in the US. In Germany, that figure is just 12%.
However – and this might be where Schneider Kreuznach's commercial interests come into play – the survey also revealed that in all four countries, users think the image quality of current mobile phones is "mediocre", and that for people who don't take photos with their phones now, that's one of the main reasons.