OPPO Debuts Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition to Make Breakthroughs in Imaging Technology

Today, OPPO officially unveiled OPPO Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition during its Fall Product Launch event in China. As the new addition to the lineup of OPPO Find X3 series, the Photographer edition introduces retro camera appearance, realizes the integration of backplate through seamless splicing of glass and metal, and presents the performance of true to life color through functional upgrades such as color optimization and new filters, which comprehensively improves the photography experience of shooting, transmission, display and editing for mobile photography enthusiasts at every step.

Classic retro camera design, a work of sentiment belonging to photography enthusiasts

OPPO Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition introduces retro camera design thus almost reconstructs the entire appearance of the Find X3 series while retaining the classic “crater” camera module design. The combination of the metallic glass and black lychee grain leather presents a unique aesthetic, while the rounded and delicate treatment of the middle frame brings a comfortable fit in the hand when shooting horizontally.

In order to make the glass material appear metallic, OPPO adopts the silver paste spraying process for the first time, in which aluminum metal is finely grounded and gradually sprayed into polymer resin, finally achieving the visual effect of metal on the glass backplate. At the splice of glass and leather, OPPO also designed a refined perimeter bone to make a close fit and smooth transition between the two materials, not only achiev a comfortable hand feel but also has IP68 waterproof capability.

Full path optimization for the ultimate photography experience

OPPO Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition sculpts every detail of imaging, optimizing the full path from shooting to transmission, display, and editing.

For shooting, OPPO Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition supports the original camera color optimization function to achieve a more natural and ambient color performance with one billion colors. In addition to the laboratory testing environment, OPPO organized six teams of photographers to conduct field sampling and joint color debugging in different cities to ensure the natural performance of image colors from both scientific objectivity and aesthetic subjectivity views.

In terms of Image transmission, OPPO Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition supports a full-path 10bit color Engine to deliver billion color stories. The original 1 billion colors screen presents the most excellent display and color accuracy for photography. In addition, the cross-screen connectivity on Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition allows you to quickly back up 100 photos from your phone to your computer in just 23 seconds after establishing the connection, significantly improving post-production efficiency.

In addition, the Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition features a new City Impressions filter and Long Exposure mode. Photographers have carefully tuned 12 distinctive city impression filters based on the unique landscapes of six cities, and are able to intelligently recommend specific filters according to GPS positioning information. Long Exposure mode helps users record shining photos with ease, including the scenarios of crowded traffic in the nighttime, or more imaginative images such as light-painted graffiti.

For the more professional requirements of photography enthusiasts, the Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition supports advanced professional modes, including RAW+ and Movie mode. RAW+ mode can produce 10-bit “super original” photos, while the latter supports BT2020 color gamut log shooting, providing more possibilities to color mixing for post-creation.

Here are some of the photo samples by the OPPO Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition:

PowerBen Review: The King of Power Banks?

Today I’m going to introduce you a power bank that I’ve never thought it would exist – the PowerBen Power Bank. Before I thought, power banks are just power banks, what’s the big deal? Well, this PowerBen isn’t just any power bank. It’s the world’s fastest input power bank(200W), which enables you to fully charge its incredible 24,000mAh capacity in 20 minutes from 0 to 96% (for the Pro it takes 80m from 0-96% of its 40,200mAh capacity). You can charge through a car socket, wall outlet, PD port, or solar panel. It works not only on DC but also AC, and the most game-changing feature is its amazing modular capabilities. You can build your own power station by pairing together multiple units of the PowerBen!

Currently it’s on Indiegogo, you can back it if you are interested.

My video review is here:

So first things first, let’s take a close look of the PowerBen power bank. On the front, it has a 0.96 inch OLED LCD Display. Under that there are three buttons, left, action, and right. You can enter the menu by long holding the action button. Press left or right to move through the options, and long press the action button to confirm. Beyond that, of course, it has many ports. The PowerBen has 2 USB-C ports for input/output, 2 USB-A ports for output, and 2 ports named “MagicDC” and “SmartDC”. If you want specific parameters for each port, you can check out that at the back. Here I’m not going to illustrate one by one. What really astonishes me is for the “MagicDC” and “SmartDC” they support a max 200w MPPT solar panel input, which means you can recharge this by just using the solar input and it takes only 40 minutes under bright sunlight. Perfect for hardcore outdoor explorers! The outer shell of the PowerBen is made of fireproof materials and Aluminum Alloy. Feels compact and portable.

Specs-wise, the PowerBen Pro is a 40,200mAh portable power source. It also comes with a lite variant called PowerBen Lite, which comes with a 24,000mAh battery pack. If you think this is a huge capacity, there is more. According to PowerBen’s crowdfunding page, All orders before May 9th, (that means there are only 3 days left), as long as you order the PowerBen Pro, it will be upgraded to the Plus version for free. Whilst the Plus version has a whopping 48,000mah capacity! To be honest, that’s the biggest I’ve ever seen for a consumer power bank! But yeah, only when it reaches to the 100,000 USD campaign goal, so, definitely back this project if you are interested, link is in the description. And you know the early birds always get the best affordable price!

However, before backing this project you may still have a question: what on earth can this PowerBen do which other normal power banks can’t? Well, my friend, I hear you out and loud. Here Cymye and I are about to show you the magic.

You can run a 48V DC chainsaw by directly using the PowerBen, that was fast! A 50W LED floodlight? No problem! Whoops, that’s really bright! A 135W mini egg-frying pan? Not a thing, now you can add yourself an egg if you don’t like the food outside. How about something even crazier like this 320W DIY’d four-wheel robot from nowhere, probably from Boston Dynamics? I’ve got to say, it works quite amazingly! Because the MagicDC output (5 ~ 25.5V, up to 5A) can be fully adjustable, you can always choose the right voltage for your project, isn’t that cool?

You can even use two PowerBen power banks as a power source for your scooter. The original battery weighs around 7kg, while two PowerBen batteries weigh 1.74kg. For sure, you get less mileage compared to the original scooter battery but you have to know in some areas you are not allowed to take your scooter inside the building for recharging but with the removable and very portable PowerBen battery you can safely charge it anywhere you want. 

Not only that. The PowerBen is working on alternating current as well. Those items I just said they all run on direct current, here if with the AC Inverter, it even works for those appliances that only working on AC. Like this 250w mixer. Like your drone batteries. Like Switch, perfect for someone who wants to play games while the electricity is cut off, or for those who still want to work on a laptop after a power failure. But for laptops you don’t even need an AC inverter, because PowerBen comes with a wide variety of laptop adapters and you can choose the one that you need and power your laptop through their SmartDC port.  

If you think this is jaw-dropping, here is one more thing – I think the game-changing design from the PowerBen power banks – is its amazing modular capabilities. Since PowerBen offers various AC inverters, you can achieve a regular power station by pairing together multiple units of the device to match with the inverter capacity. Let’s take this microwave for example, you pair six units of PowerBens, you can achieve 1500W capacity and use the 1500W AC inverter to power it through. That’s amazing. Just imagine for all of your household appliances you just use the PowerBen power banks! And remember I said before the PowerBen supports solar panel input recharging? You can literally eliminate all expensive electric bills in no time!

I know this may sound unrealistic for you and you probably won’t take into consideration as you live in big cities, but this kind of feature comes in handy when in an emergency for people who run into natural disasters like hurricanes or earthquakes. With PowerBen it buys you more time and more hope! 

And lastly, in case you didn’t know, but I think also equally important is its versatile recharging capabilities. You can charge through a car socket, wall outlet, PD port and solar panel. With its world’s first PD 200W input, you can recharge the PowerBen in 20 minutes from zero to 96%. If with a normal wall socket then about 80 minutes. I couldn’t even believe it if I hadn’t tested it myself because all my other power banks all need at least 5 or 6 hours. This could save me lots of time as sometimes I just want to grab the power bank and go but it turns out the power bank doesn’t have power. That’s frustrating. But with the PowerBen, everything is just sorted out easily!

So what do you think of it? Let me know in the comments section! And don’t forget to subscribe to Sami Tech Tips and Cymye on YouTube! Also special thanks to my good friend Simon for polishing the script, definitely give his channel a look too.

Watch before Buy: Xiaomi Mitu Mini Drone Review

Xiaomi just released another drone on 26th April, but this time is more toy-focused, not for professional aerial imagery. I have the chance to hands-on it before the official release and get to know some of the interesting features like “Programming”, which is not even available in the first firmware update, “Infrared Combat Mode”, “Game Pad Mode” etc. In case you’ve missed the video, I attach the links here:

720p Footage comparing with DJI Tello

However in both videos I didn’t cover the photo sample from the Mitu Mini Drone and some fans in the group asked for that, so I said to my wife why not just do a text+photo post about Mitu Drone and answer some of the questions I’ve missed in the videos? And she said let’s go.

Unboxing and details of the Mitu Mini Drone

How to fly Mitu Mini Drone?

It’s so intuitive that I didn’t even read the manual. Here is the tutorial:

  1. Long press the power key on Mitu Mini Drone for 2 seconds to turn on
  2. Open the Mitu Drone App and connect through Wi-Fi, the default password is 123456789
  3. Click the (Take-off) icon on the top left and you are ready to go.

Picture Sample from Mitu Mini Drone

Original Footage:

 

Questions about Mitu Mini Drone:

  1. Any Bluetooth game pad is compatible?

How to answer this question? The answer I got from official Mi Drone company (Fimi) is almost.

    2. Is the RC distance the same as phone APP when using Bluetooth game pad?

No. As phone APP uses Wi-Fi for transmission so it’s longer than BT.

    3. Max height and distance? 

Max height is 25 meters and distance is 100 meters

    4. What happens if connection is lost, RTH?

No. It will keep hovering there until the battery is used up and then land.

    5. Does it come with EIS?

No.

   6. What’s the video/picture resolution? Does it come internal storage and  how long can it record?

Picture: 1600*1200

Video: 1280*720

Comes with 4GB, enables 4o minutes of video recording. The video will split every 5 minutes, one minute takes up about 90MB space.

If you still have any questions about it, you can leave a comment below and I will answer it. 😀

Currently you can buy it from Geekbuying with coupon: HCEBZSMA in $72, is the lowest price on internet.

Game Pad recommendation, you can play phone games with it as well!

For the Mitu APP, currently is on beta, check the English APP download sites:

 

 

Mi 5c hands on

Here is the hands on video of Mi 5c [turn on cc to see English subtitles]

On February 28, Xiaomi held its first launch conference in Beijing National Convention Center. At the press conference, Xiaomi officially released its first first in-house processor SoC Chipset “Surge S1” and Mi 5c.

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As a mid-range flagship product, the design of Mi 5c is definitely a considerable breakthrough, it is almost the most beautiful cell phone in all metal body Mi phones! It’s ultra slim, lightweight, comes with a 5.15″ JDI display and 1.6mm ultra-thin bezels. It also equipped with Xiaomi independent processor Surge S1, with fingerprint identification in the front. But I think for Mi 5c’s biggest advantage is the 1.25 micron pixel size, ultra light-sensitive 12MP camera.

What we got is the 3GB RAM +64 GB ROM rose gold version, let’s find out how is it.

The OS is MIUI 8.1 stable version based on Android 6.0

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Mi 5c features with aviation grade aluminum alloy and glass integrated body, the front has a 2.5D 5.15″ glass screen. The body size is 144.5mm × 69.78mm × 7.09mm. Fuselage transition is more smooth, very comfortable for one hand control. You can check out the bezel, isn’t the narrowest in the history of Mi phones? Check out!

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Mi 5c keeps the infrared emitter. This feature applied on Mi 5 but not Mi5s.

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This is the front face, very symmetric right? The front camera is 8MP F2.0

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Here are more pictures about the Mi 5c slim and light premium metal body: 132g and 7.09mm thin

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Mi 5c is dual SIM dual standby, the same SIM slot as Mi 5: it’s dual Nano-SIM. It doesn’t support extension SD card. BTW Mi5c only has the 3GB RAM+64GB ROM version.

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About Mi5c camera:

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Here are some pictures from Mi 5c:

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Another thing about the Mi 5c is the In-House SoC Chipset “Surge S1”

Highlights for “Surge S1”:

– Octa-core 64-bit chipset (4xA53 cores 2.2GHz + 4xA53 cores 1.4GHz)
– 28nm High Performance Computing (HPC) process
– Mali-T860 quad-core GPU
– AFBC + ASTC image compression technology
– 32-bit high performance DSP for voice processing
– 14-bit dual ISP; enhanced image processing capabilities
– Surge ISP algorithm improves camera light sensitivity by 150%
– Dual noise reduction algorithm reduces noise and preserves image detail in low light
– Upgradable baseband; programmable modem, OTA upgradable
– VoLTE high quality call and video support
– Chip-level security; TEE architecture, strict compliance with safety regulations
– Antutu score 64,817

As the first phone featured its only processor, Xiaomi is really gonna be different this time. How do you think?

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Original post from Sohu tech 

For more stay tuned on Sami Luo YouTube channel 

 

Xiaomi Mi Drone 4K version VS 1080P version

Xiaomi Mi Drone 4K: unboxing, range test, comparing to Mi Drone 1080P and hovering test

After about 270 days ever since the release of Mi Drone 1080p on 25th May 2016, Xiaomi finally announced its 4K version drone would be available on 3rd March. So what’s the difference between Mi Drone 4K version and 1080P version?

First let’s check out the comparison chart. [Note: there is a typo in the chart, when it comes to camera settings, Mi Drone 1080p version does NOT support manual adjustment] Later we put some pictures 😀

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Here are some pictures of major differences between 4K and 1080p version

[Quick release props and motors from 4K]

[CPU from 4K, below is 1080P]

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[CPU from 4k, looks much more thick and solid]

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[CPU from 1080P]

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[Here at last is the GPS module, seems the same from 4K and 1080p]

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So that’s the quick glimpse of the difference, are you interested to get MI Drone 4K? You can get 4K or 1080p Mi Drone from Aliexpress or Banggood.

Mi Drone Official Video:

Mi Drone review, stay tuned on Sami Luo YouTube channel to get the first hand tech info!

Zuk Edge Unboxing, another great screen

On December 20th, Lenovo released a new phone by live broadcasting on internet – ZUK Edge. Just like Xiaomi Mi MIX and Huawei Honor Magic, Lenovo ZUK Edge is regarded as a phone between the flagship and the concept phone.

Unboxing of Zuk Edge

ZUK Edge’s design looks like Mi MIX, it has high 86% screen-to-body ratio announced by the official data. But the design of this phone is relatively not that radical as Mi MIX, it keeps the receiver, sensor those on the top. The back of Zuk Edge features the same glass material as ZUK Z2 Pro but due to the internal space of the phone increased, the back is extremely flat.

It’s 7.68 mm thickness. Equipped with a 1080P resolution TTDI screen, this screen integrated touch IC and display  IC, making it feels even thinner.

The biggest highlight of this phone is the HOME button, it is not independent but integrated a fingerprint sensor below the glass. Through the internal 0.44 mm CNC cut hole to achieve better fingerprint recognition success rate.

About the configuration, ZUK Edge sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, the main frequency is 2.35GHz. It has 4/6G RAM+64 GB ROM versions. The main camera features with Samsung sensor 13 MP lens, aperture F / 2.2, front camera is 8 MP. Battery capacity is 3100 mAh. The OS is ZUI 2.3 based on Android 6.0, the official said around the Spring Festival of 2017 it will pull out  ZUI 2.5 system based on Android 7.0.

As for price, ZUK has three versions, for flagship version with 4GB RAM +64 GB ROM, priced at 2299 yuan; Pro version with 6GB RAM +64 GB ROM, priced at 2499 yuan. For these two versions both has titanium crystal black and ceramic white color to choose from. There is also a customized version of ZUK Edge L, is for the spokesman of the phone – Lee Min-ho, which using 4GB RAM +64 GB ROM, priced at 2499 yuan. The phone will sport exclusive “L” logo, a quicksand gold exclusive headset and a signature cover.

Huawei Honor Magic, kills Xiaomi Mi MIX?

On December 16, 2016. Huawei’s sub-brand Honor released Honor Magic. As many people are stunned by the new Magic Live OS and the Quad HD 3D curved glass AMOLED display, how is it on earth? Is it Mi Mix killer? Let’s find out!

Hands on video from Sami Luo

Don’t look down upon this phone, it bears the imagination of a smartphone’s design, craft, artificial intellegence, man-machine interaction and operating system that we have.

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Design:

As you look closely of Magic, you can see every edge and every corner of the device is as smooth as a pebble. It gives you a hand feeling of Jade.

Honor Magic features with a 5.09” – a tack sharp AMOLED display and the mysterious black metal middle frame, it gives you a feeling that this phone is full of high technology. Even the needed holes from like jack headphone, speaker etc are all being hidden by this profound design.

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But not only the stunning design, the OS is also amazing. “The Honor Magic […] marks the culmination of Honor’s extended R&D efforts in bringing the best of technology to its customers,” Huawei said in a statement. “The Honor Magic breaks new ground by incorporat[ing] artificial intelligence designed to understand and analyze users’ data in order to provide intelligent interactive features.” Isn’t it a phone that we deeply looking for?

– Imagine when you are chatting about movies with your friends on Wechat, Honor Magic will then be able to recommend the latest blockbusters for you.
– Imagine when you are on the road, Honor Magic automatically recognizes that you are driving and will prompt a reminder for you to switch the device to driving mode.

For specifications, the Honor Magic features a 5.09-inch (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD Amoled 3D curved display. Honor Magic is powered by the company’s in-house octa-core Kirin 950 processor clocked at 1.8GHz coupled with 4GB of RAM. There is 64GB of inbuilt storage. The new Honor Magic smartphone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Honor’s UI on top. It supports dual-SIM and packs a 2900mAh battery with fast charging support. The company claims that Honor Magic smartphone can reach up to 70 percent in 20 minutes of charging while 10 minutes of charging gives 40 percent charge.

Check other hands on video about Honor Magic by Sami Luo Review: How’s Honor Magic Camera, OS performance going?

DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ Unboxing and Hands on

Since the release of Mavic Pro, some expert said that “the Phantom series will extinct from its quadcopter product line,” because Mavic Pro is a portable version of Phantom 4 with no compromise. Surprisingly,  while Mavic Pro is still on back order, DJI has released a new generation of the Phantom series – Phantom 4 Pro.

DJI Phantom 4 Pro Extreme Durability Test

Unboxing video of Phantom 4 Pro +

Violent testing DJI Phantom 4 Pro transmission range: How far can it fly?

Based on the Phantom 4, P4 Pro added the back visual obstacle avoidance function and the infrared obstacle avoidance on both sides of the fuselage. Not only that, the camera has been upgraded to 20 million effective pixels, 1-inch CMOS, up to 4K @ 60fps video capture, and H.265 format storage. At the same time, the battery capacity has increased so that the drone can stay in air for as long as 30 minutes. The transmission distance is also upgraded to 7 km effective distance. Once again it sets many records in the drone industry. We’ve got this Phantom 4 Pro+, and it comes with high-brightness display while other version still use the phone as a monitor screen.

The package is the same as before

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Phantom 4 pro/4 pro+ is exactly the same size as Phantom 4

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You can see the Pro+ logo here. We are going to introduce the difference between Phantom 4 and Pro. The EPP foam is exactly the same as Phantom 4, even the buckle.

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It’s internal layout is no different as before (as shown above). The only difference may be found in the remote control. Phantom 4 Pro + comes with a built-in remote control with monitor screen. Even though the Phantom 4 Pro remote control looks the same as the Phantom 4 remote control, they are not compatible with each other.  The Phantom 4 Pro’s remote control is upgraded on a FPV system.

Only one step away from 360 degree full obstacle avoidance

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The Phantom 4 Pro + is almost exactly the same as the Phantom 4. The most obvious difference is the two infrared sensor module group lies in both sides, and the rear-view obstacle avoidance camera. Thus, it comes with a staggering 5 (front, back, left right and down) obstacle avoidance capacity, while the total number of cameras also unprecedentedly increased to 7.

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It should be noted that the obstacle avoidance function on the sides only work in the newbie and tripod mode. The side of the infrared sensing module covers only 20 ° vertically, about 70 ° horizontally. The longest remote sensor range is 7 meters. Even then, DJI still dominates  number 1 in the industry.

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FlightAutonomy is an advanced aerial intelligence and flight automation platform. It is made up of a complex network of ten component groups including seven cameras — forward, rearward and downward dual vision sensors and the primary camera — an infrared sensing system, dual-band satellite positioning (GPS and GLONASS), two downward facing ultrasonic rangefinders, redundant IMUs and compasses, and a group of powerful, specialized computing cores. The Phantom 4 Pro acquires a real-time view of its environment and information about the height and position of nearby obstacles to create a 3D map it can locate itself within. The IMU and compasses collect crucial flight status, speed and direction data, while redundant IMUs and compasses monitor critical data and rule out possible errors, dramatically enhancing the reliability of flight.

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We found that the front avoidance “eyes” of Phantom 4 Pro lower and bigger than Phantom 4

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Also structure is a bit difference

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The front-view camera position on Phantom 4 Pro + is designed to obtain a larger visual range, so that when the aircraft is flying at a high-angle and high-speed, the obstacle avoidance system won’t be affected by the arm and propeller. Also, the obstacle avoidance function is on Phantom 4 Pro + is faster than Phantom 4. (Phantom 4 Pro + can detect the obstacles 30 meters away, with the maximum flight speed of up to 50 km / hour, while P 4 can detect only 15 meters, with the maximum flight speed is 36 km / h) thanks to the cameras and the visual processors. (We will disassemble the DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ to verify our speculation, so please subscribe to Sami Luo)

The super exciting 1 inch sensor and 4K/60FPS video recording

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Its bigger.

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Although DJI didn’t announce its camera sensor,  we speculate that the Phantom 4 Pro + includes the same 1-inch CMOS from Sony RX100 (commonly known as the black card) series camera (perhaps Exmor RS CMOS sensor), it has effective pixels 20 million (The Exmor RS CMOS effective Pixels is 2010 million). Compared to Phantom 4, which has 12.4 million effective pixels and a 1/2.3 inch CMOS, the Phantom 4 Pro + is 2.3 times larger than its predecessor. The corresponding image resolution and anti-noise ability are greatly increased. Coupled with the new lens module, Phantom 4 Pro + is no doubt, a killer of the Phantom 4. (We will perform a full review on the DJI Phantom 4+ on Sami Luo)

Power system upgrading

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The additional FlightAutonomy system for the Rear View Module and the Infrared Obstacle Avoidance Module will undoubtedly require a higher performance processor. The Phantom 4 has as many as 24 processors, and in the Phantom 4 Pro +, it will almost certainly feature more processors than that. That or a drastic increase in performance, as can be found on the picture below.

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Believe it or not, the battery is compatible with both Phantom 4 and Phantom 4 Pro+

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The motors and ventilation are optimized as well.

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Is the $300 high brightness screen display worth it or not?

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What’s the difference between Phantom 4 Pro and Pro +? It’s said that the screen is the biggest difference. DJI claims that the Phantom 4 Pro + integrated remote control integrated a 5.5-inch 1080p highlight display, and the battery life time is  around 5 hours. It also comes with the built-in Android based DJI GO APP. The system has the memory of 4G RAM + 16G ROM, because there is no extra APP running on the system, so the speed is about twice as fast as the normal mobile devices. And the largest selling point is that it features an brightness rate of up to 1000 cd / ㎡ with a very low reflective screen, even in direct sunlight. (we’ll test out).

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From left to right: USB interface, HDMI interface, memory card slot and micro USB interface. It should be noted that this remote control is no longer supported on other mobile devices through the USB interface, the real-time preview output is through HDMI interface, and the new memory card slot is used to store the system files from the 5.5-inch high-definition display.

The 7KM long range control

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Phantom 4 Pro + remote control integrated a new generation of Lightbridge HD Photo ( the same as Mavic), the longest transmission distance is 7 km. The new 5.8GHz transmission frequency has fixed the failure problems from 2.4GHz band due to radio interference, and support switch between 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz dual-band . The new equipment leads to higher temperature, so you can see in the Phantom 4 Pro + remote control back it has a new radiator.

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(Left DJI Phantom 4, right is Phantom 4 Pro+)

Compatible accessory

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The charger and battery is compatible

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The props are compatible as well

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The Phantom 4 Pro + is using DJI GO 4 App. The older versions of the app don’t support Phantom 4 Pro, while the newest version supports all Phantom 4, Mavic, P4 Pro+ (maybe Inspire 2)

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The new interface of new App

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Until now, the DJI Go 4 App is still under reviewing by iOS, Android version is available now.

Lastly, weight comparison

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DJI Phantom 4

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DJI Phantom 4 Pro +

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DJI Phantom 4

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DJI Phantom 4 Pro +

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DJI Phantom 4

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DJI Phantom 4 Pro +

Stay tuned for more detailed reviews from Sami Luo channel, we’ve done some awesome test with DJI Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro, Stay tuned!

Polished by OMGEISA

Original from 5imx community.

YI dash cam – All car camcorder killer???

Introducing the YI car dashcam app

Download: YI cam night raw file/YI dashcam daylight(handhold)/YI dashcam daylight(in car) from here:

https://mega.nz/#!s1linDBY!XnS-c11So827bBtVUQ1E_uWzH5zqgp-uZ-Oi08M71p8
https://mega.nz/#!E9VWFQSS!GHI4lKPVg93HN3YDfBjLrEhU_-pj-Pi05QxzfA0H7KU
https://mega.nz/#!ttVEgIYB!6yhB5GKbScAtOyDdQck-v_CUy3lVFXieVgues-eQ4FA

Raw file from YI dashcam, recording at 1080p/60fps. I didnt turn on “recording audio” so it’s silent… the max reso is 2K, this video is 1080p. I’m editing right now the comparison videos with other dashcams

Unboxing Xiaomi YI dashcam:

How to install Xiaomi Yi dashcam? (unboxing, raw footage and comparison review videos will out soon)

How to connect Xiaomi Yi dashcam to your APP?


This week is somehow different when it comes to the car dash cam market, because xiaomi YI dash cam has raised more than 10 million RMB (more than $1.5M) today on taobao crowdfunding platform.

So what’s new? Sami luo (YI cam inner tester https://www.youtube.com/user/wideworldfun) will tell you all the info from official YI dash cam company.

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Yi smart dash cam is designed for those who want the best. It features 165 degree super wide angle, star-class low light night vision, up to 1296p super high definition resolution, can record at 1080p/60fps. It also adopts ADAS smart safety driving assist system. And for the price it reaches to the lowest, only 289RMB (45USD) for those who participated in the crowdfunding.

Recording at 60fps HD 165 degree wide angle, star-class light sensor components

Yi smart dash cam supports the highest resolution which is 2304*1296, it can record at 1920*1080/60fps, the loop recording time can be as long as 7 hours, supports up to 64GB SD card.

It is easy to operate and performs perfectly in extreme light conditions. Yi dash cam adopts the most advanced high ISO components, the angle reaches to 165 degree, it can record 3-car-lane at one time, super ISO sensitive light tech which allows you to take clear, crisp and sharp videos and pictures. Together with car rear view mirror it enables you drive even more safely.

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F1.8 large aperture, digital wide dynamic plus 3D noise reduction image processor. The advanced low light sensor components can obtain more light and reduce background blurriness and noisy point effectively. Even at night, under parking lot lights or in a tunnel it performs pretty well. Recording, replaying saves you a lot of trouble. Other than that it supports micro SD card to enable you to be able to record more.

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ADAS smart driving assist system provides car track deviation and dangerous car distance warning

The ADAS smart driving assist system which is the innovative design of Yi dash cam, it provides car lane, car velocity and car distance data analysis from the video and will voice prompt the driver when bad driving habit occurs to avoid danger and drive safe.

Car track deviation warning: Yi dash cam will voice remind the driver if they deviate from the track based on its digital image processing ability.

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Danger car distance warning: it will active the advanced DSP algorithm based on the car velocity and the distance between the car in front while driving, once you reach the danger distance it will voice warn the driver.

ADAS system even provides low, medium, high bumping sense mode. It automatically activated when bumping occurs to avoid trouble.

Decent and thin design weighs only 74g, 2.7inch LED screen

You can hold YI dash cam by one hand, it weighs only 74g, features 2.7inches led screen, 16:9 screen size makes it easy for the driver to monitor. The whole body adopts SABIC high flame retardant level PC/ABS raw material, even in cold temperature it’s highly resistant. It has indoor UV light stability. This symmetric opening design makes life span of Yi dash cam extended greatly. We tested it in all kinds of conditions which enable it perform well under all kinds of extreme environment. Unleaded, non toxic, sun protection, cold proof and odorlessness make Yi dash cam even more user friendly.

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The decent colorful Yi Dash cam was brought to you by design teams from Japan, Germany, China mainland and Taiwan. There are two colors which are gold and space gray for you to choose from. The whole body is full button combined, screw free. PCB board combines with shock proof gasket ensures steady performance. T slot design can let you slightly move it to tighten the whole cam securely.

The built-in Wi-Fi let you share moments with one key

Yi dash cam has wifi connection. All you need to do is connect to your app on your phone, all of this can be done in one minute, no need to go through complicated procedures. You can also edit and share through the app, with built-in 2.4GHz wireless module to enable you real time recording and play.

(Orginal from Xiaoyi company, translated by Sami Luo: https://www.youtube.com/user/wideworldfun)