Manufacturers will have to change their minds

Despite the fierce price war with camera phones, well-known companies did not want to lower the price of digital cameras below $ 100 for a long time. Instead of lowering the price of cameras as much as possible, they began to be equipped with additional functions, such as online photo printing and new peripherals: photo printers, and in addition , expanded the capabilities and range of digital cameras. But the market played a cruel joke with them: for example, the American company CVS Pharmacy decided to produce disposable digital cameras! While she is going to sell them only in her own pharmacies and under her own brand. To be more precise, two models were launched on the market at once: CVS Digital One-Time-Use Camera: the first, more expensive, has a 1.4 “LCD display on which you can view photos taken and delete failed ones, the second is devoid of a display, but it costs only $ 10 (with a display – $ 20). According to CVS Pharmacy, users can take up to 25 pictures, although the parameters of these pictures are not specified, nor are the technical characteristics of the cameras. Continue reading →