"The masses still have regular cellphones that don’t capture video, let alone hi-def video"
I happen to live in South America, and.. surprise, surprise.. everybody (that wants one) has a cell phones with video capabilities. They're beyond crappy, sure.
The 2nd most sold cell phone in Argentina and Uruguay by mid-2010 was the Nokia 5130, and it does video (Video recording at up to 176 x 144 pixels and up to 15 fps):
The year before, the 2nd biggest seller was the Nokia 5200, which also does video (it sold millions of units here, was the most desired by teenagers, and even I had one :) ).
There are also millions (in units sold) of Chinese knock-offs you in the 1st World don't know exist, with video capabilities, built in TV tuner, dual SIM and more. I've seen them all across South America, from Peru to Paraguay to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
The top seller was the Nokia 1208, just because it's the cheapest and simplest, but most of the other entries also do video (The Sony Ericsson W205 A, Samsung GT E2120, LG KP 570 and the other Nokias). No iPhone in the top 10 sellers.
The second point they make is I suspect wrong as well: "They’re the people who buy Flip camcorders". I had never seen or heard about Flip before its death.
"The masses still have regular cellphones that don’t capture video, let alone hi-def video"
I happen to live in South America, and.. surprise, surprise.. everybody (that wants one) has a cell phones with video capabilities. They're beyond crappy, sure.
The 2nd most sold cell phone in Argentina and Uruguay by mid-2010 was the Nokia 5130, and it does video (Video recording at up to 176 x 144 pixels and up to 15 fps):
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5130_xpressmusic-2569.php
The year before, the 2nd biggest seller was the Nokia 5200, which also does video (it sold millions of units here, was the most desired by teenagers, and even I had one :) ).
There are also millions (in units sold) of Chinese knock-offs you in the 1st World don't know exist, with video capabilities, built in TV tuner, dual SIM and more. I've seen them all across South America, from Peru to Paraguay to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
The top seller was the Nokia 1208, just because it's the cheapest and simplest, but most of the other entries also do video (The Sony Ericsson W205 A, Samsung GT E2120, LG KP 570 and the other Nokias). No iPhone in the top 10 sellers.
The second point they make is I suspect wrong as well: "They’re the people who buy Flip camcorders". I had never seen or heard about Flip before its death.
Main source (Spanish):
http://fortunaweb.com.ar/cuales-son-los-10-telefonos-celular...