DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 is a better camera in every respect

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Follow Follow See All Cameras DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 is a better camera in every respect The new compact steadicam doesn’t do much the Pocket 3 can’t, but it improves on nearly all of it. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

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The Osmo Pocket 4 is no reinvention; it looks just like the Pocket 3. Dominic Preston Close Dominic Preston Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism.

He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor . First they came for the drones, and now the vlogging cameras. DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 is the first of its compact steadicams not to launch in the US, following a string of DJI drones also missing the US market.

Industry Implications

The good news for American buyers is that the Pocket 4 is mostly an evolutionary upgrade, and there’s little it does that the Pocket 3 doesn’t (it looks like the rumored dual-lens Pro version will be more of a reinvention). The good news for everyone else is that those evolutions run throughout the Pocket 4, from the camera sensor to the controls. That makes this an unmistakable improvement over the previous generation.

8 Verge Score DJI Osmo Pocket 4 $ 560 $ 560 The Good Improved video quality 107GB built-in storage Great battery life Two new buttons improve controls The Bad Touchscreen still a little fiddly Built-in mic is a bit basic $585 at DJI UK $560 at Amazon UK How we rate and review products Stand the Pocket 4 next to 2023’s Pocket 3 and you might not spot the difference. It’s about the same size (only slightly larger and 10g heavier), with a similar rotating screen for both portrait and landscape filming, a control stick and record button beneath that, and an identical gimbal at the top to house the camera. The two new buttons are welcome, though you’ll still have to navigate a lot of small touchscreen menus.

The only real physical difference is a pair of additional buttons underneath the screen, revealed only when it’s flipped horizontally. One is a shortcut for the camera’s zoom controls; the other can be customized to trigger three actions of your choice, locked to a single, double, or triple press.

This advance offers important signals about the future of the sector, and the tech world is watching closely.