The first Camera Phone originated in Korea in 1999 by Phillieppe Khan. He developed the idea while in the maternity ward. He wanted to be able to take photos of his daughter being born and share them with his friends and family. He took this idea to Japan and later to the United States.
Phillieppe Khan's daughter
By November of 2002 they were released in the United States by Samsung. The first camera phone was able to store up to 20 photos at a time with 350000- pixel resolution. Today, the number of photos depends on the number of gigabytes with about 12 megapixel resolution. The first camera phone was sold for around $400. Today they are in the thousands.
the Sanyo SCP-5300 (The first Sprint camera phone)
In 2004 Sprint released a version of the camera phone that gave users the ability to wirelessly share the photos with others. The quality was also improved enough to have the ability to be printed with a decent quality. The next advancement in the camera phone was multi- shot cameras. Phones were able to take eight photos at a time and was priced around $180 after rebates.
The Camera Phone was a huge technological advancement in the early 2000's. People were now able to take snapshots of moments right from their mobile device and share them with their contacts. This made taking photos more accessible. There was no longer a need to buy an additional camera to take photos.
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