Dual camera phones saw 123% growth in shipment in H1: report
02 Nov 2017
The first half of 2017 saw a 123-per cent growth in the shipment of phones featuring dual-camera systems, according to new research.
The start of 2017 saw Huawei (with its Honor 6X variants) Lenovo Phab 2 plus as also the LG G6 and V20 devices make their mark in the Indian smartphone market.
''2017 has been the year when dual-camera smartphones became mainstream, primarily pushed by Chinese smartphone vendors cutting across price bands,'' Prabhu Ram, Head-Industry Intelligence Group, CyberMedia Research (CMR), said in a statement.
''The second quarter of 2017 saw Micromax, ZTE, OnePlus and Gionee, among others, shipping dual-camera smartphones to the India market. Clearly, there has been a shift in the smartphone vendor marketing narrative from pixel quality to dual-cameras,'' Ram added.
''On the back of a spate of dual-camera smartphone launches in Q2, India smartphone market witnessed a 107-per cent rise in dual-camera smartphone shipments ending Q2,'' the research said.
While Q1 was driven mostly by Huawei, Q2 growth could be attributed to OnePlus 5 launch of their flagship offering OnePlus with dual-camera shipments now constituting over 1 per cent of the overall smartphone shipments.
In the second quarter of 2017 Micromax, ZTE, OnePlus and Gionee, among others, started shipping dual-camera smartphones to the Indian market. Clearly, there has been a shift in the smartphone vendor marketing narrative from pixel quality to dual-cameras, Ram said.
Only Huawei and LG, had focused on dual cameras as early as 2016.
"It is interesting to see how Google with its Google Pixel 2 devices has avoided the dual-camera craze and focused on its single camera. The approach adopted by Oppo with its optical zoom periscope lens could also be the next big step in pushing the envelope forward," Ram said.
