It seems to me it is business as usual for any tech release. I follow camera and photography forums a lot closer than I follow quad copter forums but the Vision 3 narrative seems to closely mimic the narrative of any new camera release.
It starts with the manufacturer announcing a new product, with specifications to follow.
When this happens, the predictions about what feature set the product will have starts, shortly after that the negativity also starts, the common theme being if they leave off this feature or that, the poster is going to jump ship to a different brand.
Next is the specification release, and that is when the pissing and moaning really gets into high gear, since the people who were expecting to have all the stars in the sky delivered seemingly have to settle for just the moon and a few constellations.
Disappointment reigns, it is predicted that the new camera will be a complete flop, the company doesn't care about it's customers, etc, and more threats of jumping ship happen.
Then the product actually gets released and the early adopters do their very best to test their new cameras to failure, and then post on the internet what garbage it is because a test designed to make the camera fail actually made the camera fail.
After going through the three phases of product introduction, things seem to settle down as the genuine users start getting their hands on the equipment and start using it without problems.
Except that they get branded as fan boys and kool-aid drinkers because they are happy with the product and aren't seeing all the game ending failures of the product.
I suspect this is exactly the same as what happens in the world of quad copters. Certainly what I have read about the Phantom 3 leads me to believe this is the case.
