Author's Note: The original review is found at jwtech, please head to the site to show us your support as well. Click here to view all my product reviews.



Thanks to Eric Kim kopiPeng in lowyat.net forum for helping me get hold of this Xiaoyi Yi Dashcam 2.7K King Edition from China.

Official product page: Yi Dashcam 2.7K King Edition


Technicals Specs:
• Processor: A17@1.25GHz + A7 @ 800MHz, dual-core configuration
• Co-processor: built-in ARM NEON acceleration, integrated high-speed FPU processing unit
• Sensor: 4 MP high sensitivity image sensor
• Coding technique: real-time multi-stream configuration H.265 coding capability
• 140.6° viewing angle, 6G all-glass, F1.9
• 2.7″ TFT LCD screen; Widescreen: 960x240Dot-matrix delta
• Resolution: 2.7K (2688 × 1520) 30 FPS, 2K (2560 x 1440) 30 FPS, FHD (1920 x 1080) 30/60 FPS, HD (1280 x 720) 30 FPS
• Support up to 128GB microSD card (recommended reading speed of 80MB/s or higher)
• WDR: SUPER WDR 2.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11n, wireless security standard; wireless encryption: WPA2 encryption
• Battery: built-in high-temperature resistant polymer lithium battery, capacity 400mAh


The box





Open box



Contents

• Yi Dashcam 2.7K King Edition
• 90° Angled Micro USB 3.5 meters Cable
• 2 port USB Car Charger
• Tape mount with 3M mounting tape
• Pry Bar
• Manual in Chinese
• Yi Thank You card


Yi Dashcam 2.7K King Edition





Tape mount with 3M mounting tape





2 port USB Car Charger




90° Angled Micro USB 3.5 meters Cable




Pry Bar



Manual in Chinese and Yi Thank You card





Yi Dashcam 2.7K King Edition Menu Interface


Now there’s dual language in Chinese and English


Voice Command

This allows you to control the Yi Dashcam to start recording and take a photo using voice command.


Initial firmware V-1.00.037 out of the box



Yi Dashcam Android App






Difference between video distortion turned off and on

Left is video distortion off and right is video distortion on


Test Setup

Using Netac Pro P500 MicroSD UHS3 128GB


Videos

Recorded in 2.7K 2688×1520 30fps with an overall bit rate of 22.4 Mb/s













This post has been edited by blurjoey: Sep 19 2017, 09:42 PM

watch your youtube channels! Day image is not really sharp on surrounding, needless to say night mode...image abit blur.

First batch from China. Think future firmware would improve on video quality. Anyway, Yi has good track record for releasing firmware to fix issues and improvements.

Ya ~ hoping for that as Yi products never disappoint me !

What's the difference between this and the standard Xiao Yi dashcam?

blurjoey

It's newer hardware specs VS the 1+ years old Yi dashcam hardware specs.

2.7K resolution vs 1080p. Got voice command.

Still same old lithium ion battery?

Btw, just curious, I am interested in getting a dashcam but I might not be using a car when I move to Singapore. Could it be used as an IP camera in the house for surveillance or something?

Yes still lithium battery.

It's a dashcam, not an IP cam.

Stucked between getting this or the mijia dashcam...

Which one do you suggest?

blurjoey

I like both actually. If can wait, get the later batch of Yi dashcam King Edition as the first batch's firmware is not that stable. Hopefully, updated firmware will also have improved image quality too.

Alright thanks for your clarification! Its only the firmware update right? I dont think the first batch or second batch hardware spec will change?

This post has been edited by fixion: Aug 4 2017, 12:36 AM

Don't think the hardware specs will change. Most likely the firmware need improvements.

Any comparison with mijia?
Both similar price right?

Price is around the same as this is to compete with Mijia.

Mijia is 1080p resolution and this King Edition is 1520p resolution.

I'm waiting for the firmware update for the King Edition first. Maybe if have time, will do a VS video.

whats wrong with current firmware??

bug??

Hopefully image quality improvement.

How much you bought it?
Plan to get a second dashcam
Might be placing my current (first edition) yi dashcam on th rear
And place this king edition in front.

I bought from kopiPeng

You can view his sales post in Garage Sales

Firmware upgrade yet?

You mean firmware V-1.01.017?

http://www.xiaoyi.com/dash/firmware/download/yicarcam6.html

Not yet as I read someone updated and lost the English menu. Waiting for confirmation from Yi on this.