The Samsung scenario - ponderings and/or recommendations

Kisaha wrote:

It is somehow counterproductive to continue this conversation 3 years later, but how I see it, is if people are NOT going to take pictures in 3 years time? or NOT using tablets? In my opinion laptops are almost obsolete, and somehow a specialized item. I have a PC that I do my video/photo editing and a small phablet that I use like a tablet and phone.

I think meland wants it written out in crayons. The number of people who take photographs keeps increasing, espcially in developing economies like India, and South America. But he thinks that they will never progress past the cel-phone camera phase and if they do, all they will buy are D-SLRS's from Canikon.

Germans as a whole love photography and own at least one camera, doesn't surprise me that it is tough to break into that market, just like Chevy trying to compete against VW, but it doesn't mean Chevrolet is going out of businesss.

That an industry is loosing in numbers, it doesn't mean that it will cease to exist. Because all the industry is going down, do you propose to stop producing cameras? Seriously, I don't get your mindset.

Samsung is doing a mistake quiting, now that it seemed that it started to exist. It is a long war, but in the end, is much more serious than phones, because phone manufacturers are, truly, unlimited, with very competitive prices, but system camera makers are not, a nd Samsung could had transform to the new Sony (phone cameras to cine cameras), but anyway, I am not taking the decisions. A cine camera can generate the profit of, maybe 100-1000 mobile phones (depending what cine camera, and what phones) and then this cine camera needs professional (or semi-pro) accessories, lenses, adapters, and phones need, maybe, a battery and/or a case.

Obviously, Samsung is going to put more effort in the phone/tablet (don't forget the Note is phone/tablet and goes considerably well), but the battle for the photo/video industry is not a small think. Obviously, Samsung is not going to quit the photo/video segment, because it is a HUGE part of their phone business, that doesn't mean that they will produce stand alone cameras, the market goes to a camera phone and full frame cameras, I see the APS-C as the sweat spot for me, but it's just me, and then if you want to go full frame, why not Medium Format (that's another conversation though), and then again, the current NX line (except some omission in specific lenses) are good to go for 1-2 years at the top of the crop, and then, who knows, maybe Samsung will produce another camera or do whatever, even Sony or Nikon can go bankrupt or whatever, I mean, we can not see into the future.

I remember reading that in the future, Canon/Nikon/Sony, and eventually, maybe only Sony, will stay in the business. It is possible, but as I am a multi-whatever kind of guy, I would like to see more brands stay in business, it's good for the consumer, and good for the technical advancement.