2007, gut feeling based on "iPhone introduced" and roughly when I last bought a camera (which was digital) rather than a phone (which had a digital camera I use

2007, gut feeling based on "iPhone introduced" and roughly when I last bought a camera (which was digital) rather than a phone (which had a digital camera I used for 'all' my photos). I more strongly suspect the number depends on the space and when "professional workhorses" get replaced. Today the low-end prosumer market has been subsumed by mobile phones, and DSLRs and such more frequently use bits than film. I do agree that the low-end of the market was starting to phase out in the mid 90s, but they still sold disposables for super cheep. The digital cameras main application was a niche where someone wanted pictures for their computer or websites but didn't have a better chain for loading in analog film. Early 2000s might be the start of transition, when equipment became good enough that digital had benefits over film. Workhorse equipment replacement may have taken another 5-10 years?