The price of GoPro‘s HERO4 Session has been slashed twice in recent months from its original $400 price tag.
Two $100 price drops in a span of 5 months have brought the Session down to $200, which makes a lot more sense as its specs didn’t line up with the more expensive cameras in the HERO line — especially the HERO4 Silver. The Session at $200 now sits right next to the other entry-level camera, the HERO+, and cheaper than the LCD version of the HERO+ ($300), both of which have a physical design very similar to the higher-end cameras (unlike the smaller cube form of the Session). Another pain with this particular model has been the fact that the battery is not removable, so after it runs out, the whole device must be charged (or it needs to be tethered to a battery of some kind).
If you’ve forgotten what the Session is capable of, here’s a refresher: