1/12 The Rise & Fall of Digital Cameras

In 2023 sales of digital cameras fell 7.18 million units

Digital cameras killed film cameras 📸 ☠️
Then #smartphones killed #digital cameras 📲
(note the scale is in millions)

In the next graph, I'll:

i) take this image and turn in 90° to the right
ii) add film cameras in grey
iii) show smartphones in yellow

#CES2025 #disruption #disruptiveinnovation #photography #MWC25 #smartphone #Smartphones #mobile #5G #photography #photo #camera #picture

Thx @StatistaCharts for the infographic!
cc @EvanKirstel @jeffkagan @jenstirrup @GlenGilmore @chidambara09 @enilev @CurieuxExplorer @Nicochan33 @rwang0 @Ronald_vanLoon @AkwyZ @ShellyKramer @JimMarous @BetaMoroney 2/10 Smartphones crushed digital cameras

The scale has changed from millions in graph #1 (above) to BILLIONS in graph #2

Global smartphone sales totaled 1.17 billion units in 2023

Above graph in orange is grey here
Above graph in purple is blue here

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Meet Aitana, the Spanish #AI model earning $1,000 per Instagram post from brands like @VictoriasSecret @Brandy_Spain @GUESS

Aitana López is a 25-year-old pink haired AI generated influencer. Created by Rubeñ Cruz, founder of the Barcelona-based modeling agency The Clueless

On Instagram she has 246,000 followers

Cruz created her with a distinct personality: She's a "strong and determined woman," a passionate Scorpio who loves for video games and fitness

Unlike many prior AI models, Aitana's image are hyper realistic.

This will revolutionize the modeling industry. There's

No travel costs to exotic locales
No photographers required
No costs for the #model
No potential for future controversial statements

What are the implications for #marketing, #advertising, #socialmedia #Influencers & #models

#CES2024 #CES #CES24 #SMM #Barcelona #Spain #GenAI #MWC24 #modeling


Here's the Clueless Agency Team out of Barcelona:

Rubén Cruz and Diana Núñez, Aitana's designers, with Sofía Novales, Social Media Manager

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I got my Prius in 2004. The car cost $30,000 but over the 17 years I owned it, it saved me $35,000 in fuel costs (compared to my prior #auto)

I was a BIG fan. Now I'm a big Toyota critic

#automotive #disruption #disruptiveinnovation #CES2023 #WEF23 #COP27 #climate #EV From Leader to Laggard
Toyota has sold ~5M globally. Sales peaked in 2010 at 500,000 units

For the last few years Toyota has been campaigning against EVs. Why? 1) Because it's far behind in the #tech; 2) It's working to promote hybrids

#disruption #ElectricVehicle #CES2023

1/ Steve Jobs said #innovation is "saying no to 1000 things" before saying yes

For more than a decade, Apple has used Pablo Picasso's Bull to drive home the lesson

#CES2022 #CES #design #designthinking #tech #innovation @EvanKirstel @jblefevre60 #art
Thx @TrungTPhan for this! 2/ In Dec 1945, Picasso created "The Bull", a series of prints

With each successive one, a bull is simplified & abstracted. Picasso's goal was to find "spirit" of it

Apple employees are taught this philosophy

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Available in 2024: Snapdragon ride system platform
Cristiano Amon, CEO, Qualcomm

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