DJI seems to be the one company that requires sideloading the Android app. DJI makes great products, but there's really few companies who I would trust less to give unvetted access to my phone.<p>I know the Android app sandboxing should help a lot, but there's enough unknowns & potentially lurking security holes that I really wouldn't want to trust them. They also are 100% the most likely company on the planet to self-update & start truly-epic-level spying on the world if China ever gets a little bit more nervous. It's just not a tenable proposition to trust DJI with this security stance; no one at the company has the power nor right to say no, & as such there's no basis for trust to form.
When will these compact drones become less noisy? I know there are new propeller designs being researched to be much less like a swarm of bees is flying around near you, but don't know how far off they are to retail commercialization. It just makes it hard to stomach flying a drone in a pristine environment knowing you are disturbing all human and non-human animals nearby.
Would love to get a new shiny thing, but it’s difficult to excuse since my 5 year old Mavic Air still works very well and feels amazing.<p>If you are looking into getting a (no-DIY) drone, consider a second-hand Mavic, they are cheap and great. Maybe get a new battery or two.
From a hacking perspective, DJI previously seemed to be pretty nice with SDKs etc allowing you to get the video feed, send controls to the drone etc. But from what I can see they stopped supporting this for most (commercial) drones from Mavic 3 and onwards... Anybody know otherwise?<p>What I'd want is to be able to remote control it from any other device, it doesn't really matter if it's an Android/iOS app or running on linux/windows.
Every device manufacturer tends to fib a bit on battery life vs. real world, however, 45 mins of flight time is impressive. Even if its 30-35 mins fully maxed out that can give you a lot of time to creat content and explore
The active tracking is very impressive (see this review, 10 mins in): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmGSZtLu6I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmGSZtLu6I</a> The way it flies sideways & dodges obstacles, even while the person is running all over the place, is awesome.
I can't see the dang product in the first 5 seconds on the product page. Sure theres a dim shot of it folded if I scroll down (although its covered by popup consent forms), but I want to see the drone clearly without sitting through an artsy video. Something like the second and third picture on <a href="https://store.dji.com/dk/product/dji-mavic-3-pro?vid=137691" rel="nofollow">https://store.dji.com/dk/product/dji-mavic-3-pro?vid=137691</a> showing it folded and unfolded are SO much better
I'm surprised the base price is only $2k.<p>I have no experience with drones, but based on the video, I was expecting it to be like a $40k product.