#Gopro app hero 3 plus
A plus for the Yi is that you can swap the batteries, but you'll need to buy more. The GoPro Hero's all-built-in design also makes it a bit chunkier (and limits you to one battery charge per outing), but you'll come back with as much camera as you went out with. Another minor gripe is that the battery/port covers are very losable. I ended up carrying it in my hand for the most part, which soon gets frustrating. The Yi camera's exposed glass made me nervous about putting it pretty much anywhere, including a few times when I set it down the wrong way with the lens directly on the table. The GoPro Hero can be thrown in any bag/backpack without concern. One fairly big annoyance with the Yi camera is that until you shell out on some accessories, you have to take special care of the naked lens. The Yi cam just has a regular tripod connection. This includes GoPro's three-pronged connector, and its shoe clip. The lens isn't positioned high enough, and the body is just a touch bigger, meaning there's zero compatibility with GoPro's extensive catalog of accessories. I was a bit surprised I expected it to conveniently slip into the GoPro dive housing, or the frame mount or. You have to rely on LEDs, or the mobile app to know what mode the camera is in, or any other feedback (battery level, SD card capacity, et cetera).ĭespite all the similarities, the Yi camera doesn't fit any GoPro accessories.
Unlike a GoPro, though, there's no LCD display. Not just the matchbox-like body, but the button placement too (shutter on top, power on the front). In terms of hardware, toyish looks aside, the Yi camera does bear more than a passing resemblance to a GoPro Silver or Black (without the housing).
#Gopro app hero 3 license
The Yi camera is also technically made for Xiaomi under license from the (not-at-all-confusingly named) separate company, Xiaoyi. To clarify, it can read SD cards of that capacity (up to 128GB in fact, according to the official website), but you still need to provide one. The Yi cam was also initially reported to have 64GB of storage. You need to buy a separate dive housing for that (unlike the Hero, which has one built in). It's also worth mentioning that the Yi camera was reported to be waterproof to 40 meters, like the GoPro Hero is. Thankfully, some independent retailers are stepping in and making the camera available to US buyers such as Gear Best, which provided the loan camera for this comparison (price at time of writing: $94). When we asked the company for a test unit, it declined. Xiaomi isn't actively selling, or promoting, it in the states. The first issue for those in the US interested in this camera will be getting hold of one.