The camera isn’t a perfect sphere, due to the covers over the two lenses that protrude out slightly – similar to any small camera with fish-eye lenses. The camera looks like a large eyeball that our hands-on reviewer deemed cute. It is an ounce heavier than Ricoh’s Theta S and twice the weight of LG’s 360 Cam. In our first-impression, we thought the camera would be easy to carry, and while that remains mostly the case, it does have a bit of heft. The round camera is roughly the size of a billiard ball, and, at 5.4 ounces, weighs the same too. Nothing about the Gear 360 has changed since our hands-on time during Mobile World Congress. Although you can still find the original Gear 360 for approximately $150 (street), we recommend you take a pass and opt for the new version instead. Our Gear 360 (2017) review shows a model that improves upon the original in many ways, including wider support for mobile devices, 4K, and live-streaming (although it still has the quirks that comes with nascent technology). Note: This is a review of the original Samsung Gear 360, which was been replaced by a new model with the same name. But in perfecting this synergy, Samsung has made the Gear 360 useless if you aren’t a Galaxy 7 owner. Samsung has engineered a solid camera that works really well with the Gear VR and Galaxy Note 7/ Galaxy S7/ S7 Edge series – so well that it’s almost seamless. The original Gear 360 ($350, available August 19) camera is the third piece of the Galaxy VR trifecta – the phone plays content, the headset lets you view it, and now the camera lets you create it. Now Gear VR owners won’t just get to watch content, they can now film it, too. 360-degree cameras allow anyone to become content creators, and one good option - the Samsung Gear 360 - comes from the Galaxy manufacturer. The company is already on its second version of the Gear VR headset – viewing goggles that let you experience immersive 360-degree content with select Samsung phones.

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