UPDATE: There is now a third party reseller offering the DJI Osmo 360 on Amazon, but shipping doesn’t happen until mid-September. Since this is not Amazon shipping or an official DJI storefront, buyer beware. Check reseller ratings before ordering anything.
UPDATE #2: More “confirmation” as I check out Facebook posts. I keep seeing posts from folks who have had access to pre-release review units saying “not available in the US for the foreseeable future.” That is unfortunate. It looks like the Osmo 360 might be better for low-light 360 and I’d get one just for that.
UPDATE #3: According to this REDDIT post, which includes a chat response from DJI, there is no official sale of the DJI Osmo 360 in the USA at this time. BUYER BEWARE of any third party sellers offering it in the USA.
This morning at 7am central time, DJI officially launched their new DJI OSMO 360 camera. But, like almost everything else on the DJI website, it is unavailable in the U.S.A.
This situation was predicted by many DJI followers, based on how almost nothing they sell is currently available to purchase in the U.S.A. Basically no drones, no cameras, and no microphones are being sold to the U.S.A. currently.
The reasons speculated by video bloggers are varied, and are all based on speculation. The two top speculations I have seen include:
- No Slave Labor – The situation with the Uyghurs (pronounced “weegers”, which you may have heard of) being used as forced/slave labor. Apparently there is something passed by the previous administration that would prevent those items from being brought into the U.S.A.
- Tariffs – The situation with tariffs and our current administration. This one does not really ring true, since tariffs would seemingly only make things more expensive. And, plenty of other China-based entities have products available here in the U.S.A. Insta360 products are readily available, and you can still order from Alibaba, Aliexpress and Temu, for example.
Thus, my goal of getting one of these on launch day will be delayed while we figure out if we can get them at all. Instead of a pre-order or long delivery window, they just say “out of stock.” But so does most other things I have spot-checked on the website.
The FOMO is real!
If you get one here in the U.S.A., please leave a comment and tell us where and how you got it. This isn’t even listed on Amazon… yet.
More to come…