INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Three years after its introduction, GoPro is killing its Session camera line.
The cute little cube was dropped today after GoPro revealed
its latest lineup of Hero7 cameras.
GoPro shakes up its entire camera line
When the Hero4 Session was first revealed in 2015, it was the
action camera company first major redesign and signaled some dramatic ethos shifts, some that ultimately found their way to other GoPro
cameras and others that it seems to be taking to the grave
It was the first GoPro to have a waterproof/shockproof casing built-in, it dropped the user replaceable battery and it significantly reduced
the camera footprint.
It was not designed to be the &cheap camera& and was initially positioned at a $399 price point near the high-end of
The company ultimately failed to really differentiate the Session form factor and despite an ambitious introduction it just kind of ended up
becoming the company low-end product that didn''t work with any of the existing GoPro accessories that were being sold.
The writing was on
the wall when the company neglected to refresh the hardware at its Hero6 event last year, but the Hero5 Session kept chugging along as the
entry-level GoPro until the company showed off a new $199 Hero camera in March.
The Hero5 Session is not alone singing its swan song, the
Hero6 Black and Hero5 Black have also been officially discontinued replaced by the Hero7 White, Silver and Black editions.
