Yi 4K Action Camera review: Better GoPro for less

11 August, 2016
If you are looking into getting a new action cam, you may have heard people talk down the Chinese-made action cameras for failing to deliver the same level of features or quality as GoPro. But the GoPro action cameras remain premium products with a premium price tag. So whenever a new, cheaper contender rises in China, we can hardly wait to set up a match and see if this is the One to dent GoPro's shiny armor. And in the case of the Yi 4K Action Camera, it didn't take a while before we realized we might have a winner there.

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  • Afsana Ritu
  • YWi
  • 01 Nov 2017

GoPro is my favourite camera to travel. It’s light and the videos are always good under good lightning condition. I like to take with me the pole accessory because I can use it in different occasions. I have an experience to buy GoPro Camera, top Photo-Editing software and many more products at an affordable rate, my best Ultimate Guide. If you want to know more, click here.

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    • Noise
    • w0%
    • 15 Sep 2017

    AnonD-581059, 06 Sep 2016This is great, but I found another good camera, it's AKASO ... moreNoise Play is Very Good Action Camera .

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      • Noise
      • w0%
      • 15 Sep 2017

      Yi 4k Action Camera is pretty good but Noise Play Action Camera yet preety good

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        • AnonD-685905
        • E7G
        • 20 Jul 2017

        There are more great action cameras under the YI brand, they came out with 2 new ones, YI 4K+ and YI LITE. Can you make a review? More power to you guys!

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          • AnonD-581059
          • g05
          • 06 Sep 2016

          This is great, but I found another good camera, it's AKASO EK7000 4K wifi sports action camera, low price and good quality, you can go to look at it, then you can do a different review,it will be great.

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            • Fish
            • gN6
            • 22 Aug 2016

            Happy to see Yi push the camera out Before GoPro. And now Gopro can simply sit back and delay another camera. because Yi technologies were first

              AnonD-4254, 12 Aug 2016How can you type the below line: "Last year Yi Technology, ... moreIndeed, it does great especially for its price. Zoom 100% the full 16 MP image and you'll see that no current flagship phone can match its quality. The 1080p@60fps mode can last 90 minutes with stunning quality. I don't think it deserves the "wasn't very good" tag.

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                • AnonD-85136
                • X{k
                • 16 Aug 2016

                I love my sony action cam much much better then these cams

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                  • Jel
                  • MkX
                  • 12 Aug 2016

                  AnonD-4254, 12 Aug 2016How can you type the below line: "Last year Yi Technology, ... moreI have the older Yi Cam as well, and im not a pro or anything but the output is actually good. I viewed it on a PC and the resolution is comparable to that taken using a digicam

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                    • AnonD-4254
                    • XNw
                    • 12 Aug 2016

                    How can you type the below line: "Last year Yi Technology, a sub-brand of Xiaomi, launched the Yi Action Camera, which was a cheap GoPro knockoff that wasnÂ’t very good." ??
                    Guys, please edit this line, and you can delete my post afterwards too, before more people point this out.

                    Ok, granted it didn't have stabilisation, touchscreen or 4K... But it did 2K video which had good dynamic range and excellent quality.
                    And what more do you want for $70??

                    EDIT: I have the Original Yi Cam.

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                      • musacx
                      • pXf
                      • 12 Aug 2016

                      what I always liked about gopro is that they have a good dynamic range.. so when you tell me this has a "contrasty" video it actually means low dynamic range, or?? XD :D

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                        • Cod3rror
                        • JbS
                        • 12 Aug 2016

                        OK, finished the article anyway. Well written. Yi 4K is awesome! Hopefully it really motivates GoPro. But the first Yi really was one of the best action cams, and one of the cheapest.

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                          • Cod3rror
                          • JbS
                          • 12 Aug 2016

                          Stopped reading after this:

                          Last year Yi Technology, a sub-brand of Xiaomi, launched the Yi Action Camera, which was a cheap GoPro knockoff that wasn’t very good.

                          The original Yi was one of the best budget action cams.

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                            • mir
                            • t7E
                            • 12 Aug 2016

                            Black, 11 Aug 2016Thank you for deleting my comment in which i stated that th... moreI get you, man. My comments get deleted as well when I point something out to them and that I'm clearly in the right. Pretty shoddy behavior indeed.

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                              • mir
                              • t7E
                              • 12 Aug 2016

                              AnonD-482637, 12 Aug 2016Every samsung review. You can see how ambitious gsmarena on... moreIt just got announced. Of course its gonna have lots of attention. So did the G5, HTC 10, Iphone SE and many more notable phones.

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                                • AnonD-571372
                                • v$B
                                • 12 Aug 2016

                                Thank for sharing the Information...

                                Go Pro

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                                  • AnonD-368262
                                  • 7wx
                                  • 12 Aug 2016

                                  Black, 11 Aug 2016Check their MiBand 2 "review"I agree with your sarcasm. This is a fluff piece.

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                                    • AnonD-528998
                                    • IWd
                                    • 12 Aug 2016

                                    I love how the Chinese brand gain in so quickly and slap the B.1t(H out of gopro. it is farely expensive camera like gopro.

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                                      • AnonD-6938
                                      • KLT
                                      • 12 Aug 2016

                                      I'm not a hater of Xiaomi nor gsmarena, but come on! Yi's video have purple tint all over it. Compared to GoPro, the color is worse than Yi's.

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                                        • Drickz
                                        • U}}
                                        • 12 Aug 2016

                                        The video speak for itself whatever the sad fan want to said.