The initial rumored release date for the device was October last year so when the GoPro Hero 5 did not come out and there were already thousands of fans waiting all over the world for it, it somehow affected the shares of stocks of the company over at the NY Stock Exchange.
The company bottomline for the second half of 2015 has also suffered as a result despite GoPro releasing the GoPro Hero LCD in June and the GoPro Hero 4 Session in July last year.
At the start of the year, reports started coming out that GoPro Hero 5 would finally be released in October this year and it just became fodder for the rumor mills since.
With an October 2016 release date, it also pushed back the original release date by exactly one year and GoPro is now under pressure to release the device this year or face the wrath of an already agitated consumer base.
GoPro also unveiled the GoPro Karma drone late last year and reports have it that it will finally hit the retail markets this month.
After the release of the GoPro Karma drone, it will be the turn of the GoPro Hero 5 to take the center stage in October. However, it is still not clear if the latest action camera from the American camcorder company will also make it to the retail markets in the same month or maybe in the months after its launching.