Is HTC about to take on GoPro? Company teases waterproof handheld camera - and leaked images reveal its periscopic shape
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In the portable action camera market, GoPro reigns supreme.
But HTC could be about to make a claim for the throne with what appears to be a handheld waterproof camera.
In a video, the product's capabilities are teased, with an official announcement due on 8 October.
And now two leaked images have revealed what it looks like and how it might work.
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Taiwan-based HTC has teased a new camera to compete with GoPro. The portable action camera will be formally announced on 8 October. In a video it appears the device is waterproof, while leaked images (one shown) reveal that it looks a bit like a toy periscope with a button below the lens to maybe take selfies
Called the RECamera, the device is small and seems to be curved at one end.
In a teaser video, it is also shown shooting underwater, highlighting its waterproof capabilities.
And it also appears it can shoot in slow motion, based on the slower segments of the teaser video.
In one of the leaked images, first spotted by Reddit user fodawim, the device seems to be attached to the strap of a bag, suggesting it will be easily mountable on different objects.
No other details have been released, or leaked.
A Twitter account set up for the camera, @re_camera, has just one tweet at the moment.
It said: 'Taking a picture has traditionally meant you're busy behind the camera, framing the scene. But what have you been missing?'
And in the teaser video the company said: 'Something remarkable is coming.'
Called the RECamera the device is small enough to be handheld (shown in leaked image) and seems to be curved at one end. In a teaser video it is also shown shooting underwater, highlighting its waterproof capabilities. And it also appears it can shoot in slow motion, based on the slower segments of the teaser video
Towards the end of the video, two people place the camera on a table and get themselves in the frame of the picture.
While this could just be them posing for a video, the way it is set up hints that the device may also have some sort of selfie-taking ability.
Whatever the device can do exactly, and just how closely it will compete with Go Pro, will be revealed on 8 October.
In one of the leaked images the device seems to be attached to the strap of a bag, suggesting it will be easily mountable on different objects. The GoPro (shown) currently dominates the handheld action camera market
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