First reviews of the Gopro killer Yi 4K camera are in and they are stellar

July 25, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 15 Comments

The Yi 4K action camera has been out for a while now and reviews are starting to reel in. We seen quite a few of them (and we will have one of our own soon), but this one review got us thinking that the YI 4K is indeed a gopro killer.

This review from Techmoan has a full breakdown of the camera features, its interface and quite a few sample movies. But before going into the actual comparisson, here is a bit of a price comparisson. On Amazon the Yi 4k is $249. It’s Gopro equivalent (at least spec-wise), which is the Hero4 Black edition is $320. Now, ia $70 (or 20%) enough to sway people from the GoPro brand? Time will tell. At least specs and samples wise looks like we have a real competition.

If you go to the techmoan blog post, you can download several sample movies. As far as I can tell, movie quality is pretty comparable with the Gopro.

We will update as soon as our review is done.

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is the Founder and Editor in Chief of DIYPhotography, he is also a photographer, a relentless entrepreneur, a prolific inventor and a dad, not necessarily in that order

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Rachel Lewis

This looks amazing
- Viktor Viherskis
  
  Gorgeous)))???
Pier-Rick Lamontagne

Correct me if i’m wrong but, isn’t xiaoMi ?
- John Aldred
  
  Different company. YI Technology make the Yi 4K. Xiaomi were, apparently, just a distributor of the original Yi.
- C49
  
  Nope. Is a misconception that this is a xiaomi camera, is not.
- Kailuo Tao
  
  xiaoyi is a company in the xiaomi eco system.
Viktor Viherskis

Got it 30 min ago!!! Awesome cam!!! Very happy with the purchase
- Viktor Viherskis
  
  Bye bye GoPro ))))
Daniel R. Chang Acat

Andre Caballero
Pedro Luque

Pablito Chicharito
Tevin Limon

Where did you find find a Hero 4 Black for 320 on Amazon?!
- Flytrap21
  
  Mmmm, good question…
  The GoPro HERO4 BLACK is from $320 on Amazon for a used one
  and from $419 for a refurbished one
  and $499 for a new one
  
  By my calculation, at $249, the YI 4K Action camera is exactly half the price of a new GoPro HERO4!
Herra Kuulapaa

Could you please also test 30s high ISO night time still imaging?
Gerhard

It does not come with a case included, so just a waterproof case is $40 extra. That’s excluding any of the other nice attachments that comes with a GoPro. So in the end, the reduced price is not so reduced afterall. Apart from that, it does look good.
johnx

The Yi 4K looks better than the GoPro in my opinion, also it costs just $277 at Geekbuying with a ton of accessories.