Overall it's an excellent little camera that is well made. Image stabilization is quite good and video quality is excellent. But there are a few issues.
Battery life is not very good. You can expect realistically to only get about 40 minutes out of a fully charged battery. I really expected better from an action camera like this, but I knew that going into this.
This thing gets hot. I mean seriously hot. Not to the point where it will burn fingers, but it will get hot enough that it is uncomfortable to touch. Electronic equipment can quickly degrade and fail if temperatures get too hot, so if the outer case is getting this hot the components inside must be getting much, much warmer. This makes me wonder just how long this thing is going to hold up under extended use.
Trying to use the camera by using only the tiny touch screen on the back is more than awkward.
The app you are encouraged to download and install on your phone to control the camera is a problem. It seems all it really does is try to force me to subscribe to cloud services and editing software I neither want nor need.
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Processor
| GP1 | GP12 | GP1 | GP1 |
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Photo
| 20MP + SuperPhoto, HDR, RAW | 23MP + SuperPhoto, HDR, RAW | 12MP + SuperPhoto, HDR, RAW | 16.6MP 360 / 5.5MP HERO |
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Video
| 5K30 / 4K60 | 5.3K60 / 4K120 | 4K60 | 360: 5.6K30 HERO: 1440/1080p60 |
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Video Stabilization
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TimeWarp + Time Lapse Video
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Live Streaming + Webcam
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Additional Captures
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Auto Upload to the Cloud
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