After decreased sales in compact camera Nikon may move towards in smartphone section, according to Nikon President Makoto Kimura a new business team are working on secret products that are expected to be available in less than five years.
“We want to create a product that will change the concept of cameras,” said Kimura. “It could be a non-camera consumer product.”
Nikon President did not say anything about smartphone, but I think Nikon Smartphone is coming soon, In past Nikon already tried its hand on Android based compact camera, the next is andorid / windows based smartphone.
src – bloomberg.com
It is not really that hard to do. have a 1 inch sensor with a high quality fixed lens. f2. it might be a bit thicker at one end because of the larger sensor but with new sensor technology that allows wider angles it should be able to be kept to a minimum.