HTC RE 16.0MP Waterproof Digital Camera (White)

Awesome camera love how easy and quick it takes a picture I love the app that connects to my phone sad that the plastic has a problem on the bottom eventually I think thats mostly due to overheating if you try and take it on a plane because you cant shut the unit off all the way still bought a second one to replace my first one my first ones still working just has some cracks in the bottom

Battery don’t last

MY FIRST REVIEW :Had this camera for just over 1 year. When it worked it was great. Unfortunately it was unreliable. About 1 month after using it I began to have issues with the audio. It would stop, so I got video without sound. This happened intermittently for a few months. I then returned it to HTC for repair under their warranty. It was replaced and worked fine for a few more months. I also bought the charger base and the additional H20 protection cap. Well it just stopped working and I am 3 weeks out of warranty. This is the second vacation where I have had no images to save. I actually phoned this past weekend while determining that it stopped working while I had the H2O package on in the wave pool. Their rep told me to call back on Monday and thought since it was just 19 days out of warranty that they would allow me an exception. Well that isnt happening. I told them I noticed a few tiny cracks at the base and probably water entered there. The camera was never dropped so unsure how the cracks developed (maybe while screwing in their H2O protection base?) The replacement was out of warranty as they start from the original purchase regardless that I had the replacement for only 4 months. They were not willing to do anything. So two vacations with lost videos/photos, the camera cost plus accessories, and they feel that I was fairly treated? They would not even accept it back for repair at my expense. I even asked who else in upper management I could contact and was told nobody. BEWARE!! As you read others comments you will see that many mention cracks that develop without any dropping of the camera........ maybe something defective? UPDATE: I recently purchased my second RE camera within 14 months. The first one developed 2 small cracks at the bottom of the camera. Suddenly it would not turn on. I noticed these during using it with their extra waterproof accessory cap in a wave pool on vacation. The camera was ruined. HTC refused to help since it was 1 month out of warranty (13 months). They claim that I physically damaged it. The camera has never been dropped. The cracks just developed over time. I researched the camera on Amazon reviews and found others claiming the same thing: cracks developed with no dropping of the camera. I really enjoyed the camera and decided to purchase another. I had already purchased the additional waterproof cap/bottom, a case, and many memory cards, so I thought to give it a try again. On this purchase I bought the extra warranty. Well I just came back from vacation, and while there I noticed a crack in the SAME AREA. The camera works, but after finding the crack I was not about to try it in water. Again, I have NOT dropped the camera. HTC appears not to recognize a problem with their product. 2 cameras and similar cracks that others also have reported?? Its about time that they address this and not assume that users have caused the damage by carelessly dropping the camera. Produce a quality product...... SEE THE PHOTOS OF BOTH CAMERAS BELOW.......................................... BEWARE!!

Initially the ergonomics and ease of use were nice. However, dont buy this device if you want to consider this as a durable item: it is not. After 6 months of occasional use, and without dropping the camera, the battery fails to hold a charge and the case has cracked along the barrel near the lanyard end as others have reported. The battery is a show stopper for continued usage and there is not a method to replace the battery. After my career in plastics, the camera body is clearly a design fault.

I am so upset with this product. Although it takes wonderful pictures the base of it has cracked after light summer use.

Easy to operated but the wide angle make the photos a bit strange, the photos just like a convex mirror.

Im having so much fun with this camera! Time lapse is my favorite - I could play with that all day long! Ive also used it to do a live feed to YouTube of my birdfeeder. Temps were in the low 40s and it worked like a champ. My wishlist for the camera would be that - I could connect to the camera while on my home WiFi, and not have to use cellular data to do live feeds. I cant imagine anyone has the cell bandwidth to do this more than once or twice a month, and I think its a really great concept. Also, I sometimes lose my WiFi connection to the camera and it switches back to the my FiOS connection. Its a bit tedious to go back and forth between settings and the camera app to get it reconnected. - When you create a time lapse, just back up the final movie, not all the individual photos that made up the movie. I filled my iCloud accidentally because I didnt know it was going to do that. I had to turn off the backup function. - Ability to store photos and videos [offline] in the App instead of my photos.

For the price I think this is a great camera for activities. Although I was nervous after reading the reviews that the cameras plastic casing was poor quality mine camera has held up. I have taken this camera tubing, biking and snorkeling. The pictures have turned out very nice and clear and the videos are good for capturing the moment. The only disappointmentsI have with the camera is the sound and bluetooth connection. Because of how you hold the camera the sound doesnt really come through clearly or if youre moving there is a lot of static. The wifi/bluetooth connection to my iphone didnt work at all for me unless I was on a secure network. When I was on my last trip I had no way of looking at my photos until I could get access to a computer with an SD reader (luckily I had my micro SD card adapter with me). With that said I am not a technology wiz so maybe it was a user area. Unfortunately I thought disconnecting and reconnecting the camera from my phone would help but then forget that you have to enter a code thats given in the original packaging. Still have not reconnected my camera. Once I can figure out this feature though I think I will use the camera a lot more since I can share pictures or stream live.Again, I would definitely recommend this camera as an easy activities camera thats fun to use to capture the moment.

Camera working fine. Not able to preview unless bluetooth connect to mobile

Many problems, battery ran out fast, I sent back, after a month no response, email again then came back with the same unit in addition of two crack lines, the major issue is that the software is very difficult to connect using wifi, without your iphone screen, it is also very difficult to know what kind of pictures you are taking.