< img src="https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2026/05/auto-draft/oppo_vivo_pocket_camera_1.jpeg"alt ="" width=" 1280" height="960"/ > Somewhere inside BBK Electronic devices, 2 product groups are separately building the same camera. Oppo has a pocket gimbal codenamed “Fuyao” in development. Vivo has the “Vivo Pocket,” reportedly fitted with a 200MP Sony sensor, headed for a late 2026 launch. Whether BBK’s leadership views this as healthy internal competitors or an organizational blind spot depends completely on your read of how the conglomerate really runs. What’s indisputable is that both gadgets are intended squarely at the same target: DJI’s Osmo Pocket series, the gadget that has actually owned the pocket gimbal category for years.
The timing, whether coordinated or coincidental, lands at a really susceptible moment for DJI. Regulatory pressure in the United States has made retailers and developers skittish about long-term investment in the DJI environment, and Insta360, the most reputable challenger until now, is going strongly upmarket with its Leica-partnered Luna Ultra. That leaves a real space in the premium-but-accessible bracket, and BBK, intentionally or otherwise, has two horses racing towards exactly that gap all at once.
Designers: Oppo & Vivo
AI Representational Idea
Oppo’s Fuyao centers on a 3-axis stabilized gimbal in a compact form aspect, with the brand name leaning greatly on its AI-driven video computational technology to bridge the space between high-end smartphone imaging and devoted vlogging hardware. That’s a trustworthy pitch. Oppo’s Discover X9 Ultra packed 2 200MP video cameras and a sophisticated computational pipeline into a phone chassis, so the engineering muscle is demonstrably there. The concern is whether that expertise translates cleanly when the kind factor constraints modification and the buyer’s expectations are shaped by years of DJI’s notoriously sleek shooting experience.
Vivo is taking a more overtly spec-aggressive method, with its model packing a 1/1.1-inch Sony LYT-901 sensor capable of 200MP stills, a significant departure from the current gimbal cam standard of 1-inch sensors with lower megapixel counts. That sensor is the same one powering Vivo’s existing flagship phones, which means the lossless zoom headroom and low-light performance ought to be genuinely competitive. Vivo is targeting DJI-level hardware quality, recommending a premium build instead of a budget-friendly entry point, and content developers are apparently currently getting early units for testing.
The much deeper tactical story here is what BBK is in fact banking on. DJI’s regulatory headaches in the US aren’t going away quietly, and Insta360’s Luna Ultra, co-developed with Leica and priced accordingly, is wandering toward a purchaser profile that daily developers can’t easily manage. That middle ground, premium imaging credentials at a cost that does not require a business justification, is exactly where Oppo and Vivo are parking. Whether BBK prepared this pincer movement or stumbled into it, the instinct is sound. The execution is all that’s left to prove.