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The average age of a quadcopter in the wild seems to be about a year or less. That's from my own experience as well as reading the experiences of thousands of others.
If you are really careful (almost no one is!) it could last longer. I have an original Phantom 1 that's 1 1/2 years old and still going strong. I've done some work on it though (resolder some stuff, new R/C TX, etc.)
Quadcopters are not like phones or even computers - because they fly! Picture if you were using your Macbook Air for disc golf and you'll get the idea.
This is an expensive hobby - well, it doesn't have to be.....but if you want the fancy stuff and want to keep it flying, it's costly. You can have a lot of fun and even take some pics with $200 worth of equipment (total quad and cam).
But these are fragile little birds and people use and abuse them. They are vastly more capable than just a few years ago....
I guess what I am saying is that a longer warranty would not make much difference. If something was wrong with the manufacturing it would likely show up in the first 10 hours or so of flight.
If the P3 is like the other Phantoms, we'll have to pay attention to the battery contacts and telemetry pins....most of the other stuff can last a long while unless you land in water or crash hard.
DJI stuff is no different than other brands in these matters - that is, it's not like another brand is going to give you two years of service and a DJI won't. In fact, DJI stuff is more proven than most.
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