Samsung Gear 360 Release Date April 29; US Availability Still To Come

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Black Galaxy S7 and Galaxy Gear 360 Fionna Agomuoh

Samsung announced price and availability for its Gear 360 during the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco Wednesday. The Gear 360 will release April 29, primarily in Korea and Singapore. The camera will sell for 399,000 won ($347) in the U.S.

There was no word about U.S. availability for the Gear 360; however, further releases are expected to follow soon.

The Gear 360 was announced in February alongside the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. The Gear 360 will work in conjunction with the smartphones and the Gear VR headset to create and share content. Users can record video and capture images , transfer them to a Galaxy S7 handset for editing and and view the content on a Gear VR.

The Gear 360 features two 15-megapixel fish-eye lenses with F/2.0 aperture, and captures 3,840 x 1,920 resolution video at frame rate of 30 frames per second.

The Gear 360 includes a microSD card that supports up to 128GB of storage and boasts an IP53 certification for dust and water resistance.

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