Xiaomi has taken on surprise with their recent Smartphone flash sales on Flipkart, now it continues to step into new markets. The Chinese smartphone major that recently has taken over Samsung to become China’s top smartphone maker is now trying to put its hand into action cameras market, traditionally dominated by GoPro.

The Yi Action Camera, which has a price tag CNY 399 (roughly Rs. 3,900) is, however, which is very much cheaper than the entry level GoPro Hero - $130 (roughly Rs. 8,000). With its 16 megapixel this camera records video at resolution of 1080p (60 frames per second), which uses Sony’s Exmor R BSI CMOS image sensor. On paper, this is a completely copy the Hero, which records video at a resolution of 1080p at 30 frames per second and features a comparatively 5 megapixel camera. It’s also got enough memory (64 GB to Go Pro Hero’s 32GB), it is lighter – which weighs only 72 grams to GoPro compared to Hero’s 111 grams and has slightly bigger battery. Like the GoPro Hero, it’s rated for usage up to 40 metres deep to water. There’s even a marginally more costly Travel Edition, which involve a selfie-stick mount, and with the correct accessories, you can possibly mount the Yi onto anything, as shown in the picture above (even on the back of cat).

Unluckily the camera is unfortunately only available in China currently, and can be purchased currently from the Mi.com store offered you can read the Chinese script. However, it may take a while for the product to sell out of China, as is the case with a lot Xiaomi’s offbeat products.