Xiaomi has announced a new product under its MIJIA
crowdfunding platform and the product happens to be Xiaomi’s 118th MIJIA
product. The product is dubbed 70 Minutes Smart Car DVR camera and it comes
with a fairly decent price tag of 189 Yuan (US$ 28).
The 70 Minutes Car Dashcam is equipped with a
powerful Sony IMX323 image sensor which supports 1080p video recording and
would deliver pictures with vivid clarity. The camera also comes with a 130 °
wide angle lens which can cover up to three lanes. The gadget comes with a
conical shape with the camera located on the side of the cone. The camera
itself has a spherical lens made wholly of glass with 7 layer coating which
enhances the light transmission, reduces reflection and prevent the glass from
cracking from extremely high temperatures.
The 70 Minutes Dashcam also comes with a rotating
bracket which lets users rotate the tilt angle to that which soothes the glass
angulation of the car. The dashcam also features voice support and can be
controlled using voice prompt. The voice is said to have been tested using
different persons in order to ensure that it recognises different accents. The
camera power button is located at one end of the dash camera and is surrounded
by light. The light indicator comes with three different colors, blue, green
and red. The blue color indicates the device has been switched on and the green
blinks when the camera is recording. The red color is indicative of an abnormal
recording session.
The Smart Dashcam gets its power supply from the
car’s cigarette lighter and has support for WiFi. the Wi-Fi enables the dashcam
to connect with a smartphone and this allows for real-time viewing of the
camera shooting session.
