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Not as good as expected, what a shame.
The GoPro 7 Black I purchased is useful but not the level of of quality I expect from GoPro.
The good:
Great video, super pictures and works great with phone app. Does everything as advertised, and does it well.
The bad:
Unit gets hot, hangs up and or shuts down. When I say hot I mean very hot. Poor battery life <25minutes, I was experiencing hang ups and the unit would not respond at all. So I had to pull battery. That thing was smoking hot.
The ugly:
The battery that shipped with unit will not take a charge. Didn’t see that coming.
Turned off GPS, And everything else I could find, reduced picture quality , FPS and even lessened screen intensity and still gets hot and shuts down. OiVey!
Thank goodness I have a GoPro 6Black to back me up. I used its battery to power up the 7.
Final thought:
At the end of the day, I really don’t recommend GoPro 7 Black until they get the energy and or heat issues resolved. What could be a great product is poorly realized.
July 2019 · Electronics · verified purchase