- Polaroid’s latest portable printer produces 3×3 prints via an app
- The device’s unique integrated frame can house your prints
- It costs $119.99 / £99.99 and joins the 2×3 and 4×6 versions in the Hi-Print range
Like Instax, Polaroid makes some of the best instant cameras, but today it revealed a different type of product for instant photography fans: the Hi-Print 3×3 portable printer.
It’s a unique rival to the Instax Mini Link series of portable printers, a smart alternative to dedicated instant cameras, printing on Polaroid’s 3×3 Hi-Print paper and with a trick up its sleeve: it doubles as a photo frame.
Printers can be pretty ugly, but the Hi-Print 3×3 is a completely stylish alternative that you’ll want to show off, with a sleek all-white design that’s essentially customizable by hosting one of your smartphone prints, selected and edited from your phone’s gallery/camera via the free Polaroid app (for iOS and Android).
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The Polaroid Hi-Print 3×3 portable printer costs $119.99 / £99.99 (Australian pricing and availability TBA) and comes with a 10-sheet cartridge to print to get you started – a competitive price compared to Instax Mini Link alternatives.
A different photo frame
I’ve been reviewing the best instant cameras and the best digital photo frames for years, and the new Polaroid Hi-Print 3×3 is, in some ways, a unique hybrid of the two.
Unlike a dedicated analog instant camera, you have the freedom to choose which images you want to print from your smartphone via the Polaroid app, with the option to add templates and stickers if you wish.
And this is not only a portable printer, but also a frame: those prints can fit on the device within its lifting frame.
Polaroid already has the Hi-Print 4×6 photo printer in its lineup and an additional new Hi-Print 2×3 printer, which easily fits into a carry-on bag, but it’s the new 3×3 version with its built-in frame that really stands out for me.
Having never used a Polaroid Hi-Print device, I can’t speak to the quality of prints produced by the different types of paper compared to traditional Polaroid cameras like the I-2, Flip, or Go 2, but I’m certainly interested in the 3×3 portable printer and hope to try it out soon.
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