[ggruschow]

Smartphones are replacing standalone cameras, but the analysis in the article is busted. Popular camera models are constantly being replaced with newer shinier models, so of course every model trends down a little while after release. It'd probably be a lot more enlightening to do the analysis grouping usage by family (e.g. Canon G11, G10, G9, etc) once and then doing an age analysis for each family.

[h5n1]

Agreed. Although it would be significant to note that, under that rationale, the iPhones would be grouped together again, and would likely be top dogs.