DJI shows off iPhone-ready Osmo Mobile 2 gimbal with better battery life, easier controls

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Drone maker DJI has revealed the Osmo Mobile 2, an upgraded version of its stabilizing smartphone gimbal, set to launch through apple.com on Jan. 23.




The accessory's main improvement is a better internal battery, said to offer up to 15 hours of video shooting -- more than three times what the original Osmo Mobile allowed. The Mobile 2 is also lighter than before, and equipped with a revised button layout, including a built-in zoom slider.

While iPhone video is normally best shot in landscape mode, the Mobile 2 can also be used to shoot in vertical orientation.

Software-based features include subject tracking, panoramas, timelapses, and "Motionlapses," which are timelapses shot while an iPhone is moving.




The Osmo Mobile 2 will cost $129. After it makes its premiere through Apple, it will go on sale through DJI and various resellers starting in February.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    tzm41tzm41 Posts: 95member
    Looks really cool, nice upgrade.
    watto_cobra
  • Reply 2 of 6
    hmlongcohmlongco Posts: 536member
    Someone should add a good external mic and/or mic jack to these things, since the mount completely blocks the Lightning Port.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    fruitstandninjafruitstandninja Posts: 104member
    Is that price correct? The current Osmo Mobile was $299 and recently reduced to $199. If it’s $129 I’ll 100% be buying one. 
    watto_cobra
  • Reply 4 of 6
    analogjackanalogjack Posts: 1,073member
    No way it's chefruitstandninja said:
    Is that price correct? The current Osmo Mobile was $299 and recently reduced to $199. If it’s $129 I’ll 100% be buying one. 
    Must be an error, how could it be cheaper than the plastic bodied Ziyun. I'm puzzled though how a high quality item like this wobbles when placed in its dedicated table stand which needs to be lined with a slide of business card to keep it stable. 
  • Reply 5 of 6
    the_understudythe_understudy Posts: 5member
    fruitstandninja said:
    Is that price correct? The current Osmo Mobile was $299 and recently reduced to $199. If it’s $129 I’ll 100% be buying one. 
    The price cut is for real. It’s now a true bargain, I’ll be getting one.

    Now we just need DJI to have the same approach on the Spark.....
  • Reply 6 of 6
    selleringtonsellerington Posts: 93member
    Has DJI managed to sort out the issue with OIS on iPhone yet? If they have sorted this out then the Osmo Mobile 2 looks like a good buy.
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