BEIJING: Chinese company Xiaomi just unveiled their newest action ready camera at MWC2015. Xiaomi’s Yi camera will retail for only $64 USD. It offers better technical specs than the GoPro Hero, but it is lacking in other respects.
The Yi has 1080/60fps video and 64GB of memory. The Yi is a Wi-Fi capable camera and will come with an added feature that allows you to push the trigger remotely using your smart phone or tablet. It also has a 155-degree wide-angle lens and is capable of taking still photo 16 megapixels large. It has standard digital image stabilization and the microphone has 3D noise reduction. For a camera to offer these specs and features at such a low price sounds almost too good to be true.
So far, the Yi may be winning, but here is where it gets tricky. The Yi is really light, weighing in at only 72 grams, but that is without any of the protective housing. The Yi camera doesn’t come in a rugged, all-terrain housing. What Xiaomi’s Yi camera lacks in toughness, it makes up for by offering lots of accessories as a package deal. It comes with a helmet mount, and a cat harness.
You may have to wait to get a cat’s eye view of the world, as there is no word if this will be available in the US.
