GoPro to Launch Entry-Level Camera in India; Cuts GoPro HERO6 Price by Rs 8,000

After having its wings chopped by strong competition and unsettling government policies, GoPro recently had to walk abroad from its aerial business. With this, the company plans to focus on its main business i.e. action cameras. To woo customers and to brand upwardly for massive revenue losses in the concluding agenda year, the visitor is slashing the cost of information technology GoPro HERO6 globally.

The GoPro HERO6, which was launched in September 2017, has received a toll cut of $100 and is now available for $399. Even in India, the 4K action camera is getting its price reduced past ₹8,000 and volition now be available for ₹37,000 equally the company envisions to "turn [its] business around in 2018".

GoPro'southward Founder and CEO Nick Woodman has other special plans for the land too, which he revealed to The Indian Express at CES 2018. Praising Republic of india'due south colorful culture and passionate people, Woodman revealed that GoPro has a special "entry-level" product planned for Republic of india that will be launched in the outset half of 2018.

GoPro to Launch a Special Entry-Level Camera in India; Cuts HERO6 Price by ₹8,000 Permanently

The company acknowledges in the yr-end financial telephone call via a web log mail that information technology was able to bounce back from the "soft demand" for the GoPro HERO5 Black and HERO5 Session cameras past slashing its price through the holiday season. Equally a result, the company'south sales of the ii devices doubled in the fortnight following December x. In India, the HERO5 Black and HERO5 Session are at present priced at ₹27,000 and ₹eighteen,000 respectively. Although the HERO6 was well-received in the terminal quarter of 2017, GoPro plans similar benefits for the latest camera past offer the permanent disbelieve.

Coming back to the subject of GoPro's plan for India. Woodman shared his expectations nearly the wide spectrum of content Indian users might generate with these cameras, ranging from motorbike cruising to wedding ceremony videography. Woodman too shared his expectations well-nigh the new 360-degree GoPro Fusion, which was unveiled at CES 2018, to exist a disquisitional element of VR content creation in near future.