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The Osmo+ is WAY better than either version of the Osmo Mobile, I mean it isn’t even close.
All the Osmo Mobiles (either one) are are cell phone stabilizers, that’s it. They take the shake out of your cell phone videos and can automate the process a bit, but that’s all they do. They make your footage look much better than it would otherwise, but ultimately you are still filming with your cell phone, and cell phones are very limited as far as cameras go, to say the least.
The Osmo+ is an actual purpose built camera, and it’s a fairly nice one at that, the lense is FAR better than anything in your phone, and it has a much better field of view, and generally more clarity and quality. It’s an over simplification, but just look at the size of the camera in your cell phone and compare that to the size of the camera in an Osmo+ and consider that the Osmo+ camera is already as small as it can get and ask yourself how much your giving up by having a camera that can fit in a cell phone.
Beyond that, consider that the Osmo+ has a true optical zoom, the Osmo Mobile 2 can only give you a digital zoom which is not really a zoom at all, but rather a crop, so you lose quality every time you zoom, not so with the Osmo+ with it’s optical zoom. It also has all the same features of both Osmo Mobiles, save for phone charging.
In addition, the camera is detachable, meaning you can use the Z Axis (cancels out the up and down motion from walking to give your footage a gliding look), and extention cables (which are necessary for using a helmet mount, or any other sticky mount, and recommended for the wearable mount). You can’t do that with the Osmo Mobile 2 (or 1 for that matter).
Now think of the accessories. The Osmo series has a wide range of accessories that will let you adapt your camera to whatever use you need, and mount whatever you need to it (like external microphones and lights), but the Osmo Mobile 2 can’t use any of it. You have the base (let’s you set it on a table), the tripod, and the vehicle mount if your brave enough, that’s it. No bike mount, no body mount, no extention arm (selfie stick/tripod extention), no external microphone, no lights, no articulating arm, no universal mount, no nothing. Enjoy. (The Osmo Mobile 1 does not have this problem, only the Osmo Mobile 2).
And the battery? Yeah, the Osmo Mobile 2 will last for 15 hours (under ideal conditions and NOT charging your phone), which is great, but what happens when you run out of battery? You can’t use your device until you recharge it and that takes 2 hours, and what if you do not have access to an outlet? And how many times can you charge that battery before it goes bad, and then what do you do? With the Osmo+ (and the Osmo Mobile 1), you just change the battery. Sure they don’t last as long, but you can carry as many as you need. They also charge faster. 4 Osmo batteries will last longer than the Osmo Mobile 2, and recharge faster if using the quad charger.
You can also use the external power adaptor with the Osmo+ for unlimited wall power (or plug in a drone battery adaptor and use the battery from your drone), the Osmo Mobile 2 can’t do that.
Also, with the Osmo+, your phone is only your control screen, not your camera, so you can access it no matter what position the camera is in, even remotely from another room if you want.
If you REALLY want to use your phone as a camera, you can add an M1 Gimbal to your Osmo+ handle to effectively convert it into an Osmo Mobile 1, with the added benefit of a removeable gimbal. BUT you will have to do a firmware swap every time you change between the M1 Gimbal and your Osmo+ camera.
Like I said, there really is no comparison.
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