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AG0N-Gary Posted at 2017-2-6 13:40
I can't believe all of the stuff you guys are asking for in a hobby drone. Each of you should stop and think for a minute what it would take to add each item you ask for. What hardware, what cost, what sacrifice of something else might be needed to include your want, how many would actually use the requested feature, etc. Someone wants more battery. Gee, the whole world wants more battery. You have to wait for technology to build a better battery. Some want more speed. Umm...why? This isn't a racing drone and wasn't designed to be one. Speed comes with stripping down the system and making it barebones, making it lean and mean. Yet you want more things included on top of that. Some want to make it smaller. Really? The smaller it is, the more it is going to be blown around in a breeze. Think what it will be like in (for instance) my area, where you're lucky to find a day with it blowing under 15 mph. Today, gusts are hitting 35. Nothing unusual for this country. Oh, let's put a set of high resolution sensors on it too for object avoidance. More hardware, more weight, more software, more processing power, more battery load. Oops, how do we do that and make it fly longer. Hmm... it could go on and one. Think about what is practical in a package such as the Mavic, which you can buy for under $1K and how to include it with existing technology. You can bet DJI (and others) are working around the clock to figure out how to add functionality to your toy and make a profit on it. Technology is changing every day. If you want more features, buy what is out there now and sit back and watch. It's all coming. You just have to wait for it.
As I stated I'd actually be willing to give up existing features in the next version and trade for a better camera.
I think everyone wants more 'run time' and that's often translated as 'battery' but there are probably multiple ways to achieve that, including less onboard processing for all of those smart features or better aerodynamics.
It's fun watching the ideas pour in... it gives a good sense of where each user is coming from, and we're clearly not all coming from the same place
I think the bottom line is everyone loves the platform (compact, discrete, quiet, clever ergonomics) but some want more features / power / speed whereas others may want a version that focuses more on photo/video quality. The Phantom platfrom has many flavors that accommodate different wants and needs, though generally with a sliding scale in price. While DJI has already shown with the current model that it can give a lot of what everyone wants in a single package, two versions of the Mavic platform might be pretty cool.
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