The smartphone has replaced many gadgets, from phones to iPods to cameras and plenty more.
But so far, GoPro remains, despite the many advantages of phone cameras.
The GoProHERO11 BlackandHERO11 Black Miniadd Field of View and a much-improved Horizon Lock.
GoPro
These are software features that couldtheoreticallybe copied by a phone maker.
But is that likely?
Phone Advantages
The smartphone has several advantages over a GoPro for shooting and sharing video.
GoPro
One is that you’ve got the option to share footage as soon as it’s captured.
Or you might edit it first, in the app of your choice, without any clunky transfer process.
The video is, of course, already saved on your phone.
That’s probably the number two reason phone cameras beat all regular cameras, not just action cameras.
The number one reason is that you already have a phone, and you have it with you.
But there are plenty of disadvantages, too.
Another is that something like a GoPro is designed to be mounted and to film you.
Or if you just mounted it on a wonky helmet.
It works like this.
Combined with image stabilization, this makes it almost impossible to get a wobbly, upside-down shot.
Field of View, aka HyperView, is also interesting.
It uses the entirety of the new squarer sensor and squeezes that almost-square image down to a 16:9 rectangle.
The difference is in the intent.
