New DJI product coming 4/23/19

With The Birds · Apr 8, 2019

3rdof5 said:
Yes I honestly don't believe they would discontinue such an iconic line. The Phantoms made them. I completely understand business decisions on such things and I can see both sides of the "arguments" made regarding whether or not the Phantom series is still viable. IMHO i feel and "see" that DJI both knows and sees that dropping the Phantom series would hurt them more than help them, at least at this point in the grand scheme of quads. I could easily be wrong. But I stand by my opinion

By all means keep your faith in your opinion- it’s easy to appreciate the logic. I suspect you will be proven wrong at least so far as any expectation discontinuing the phantom line might impact sales. You only have to fly a Mavic style AC once to appreciate there are better designs than the phantom. Increased portability with no loss of performance means more to most than keeping a familiar style alive.

Ansia · Apr 9, 2019

What @With The Birds says is 100% true. I fly a Phantom for work, but for personal enjoyment, I fly a Mavic styled drone. The footage is just as good and the bag I have to carry is 1/3rd the size of the Phantom's.

makneyse · Apr 24, 2019

So what was the big announcement?

Cellblock776 · Apr 24, 2019

makneyse said:
So what was the big announcement?

There was none. It was canceled about a week ago.

Deleted member 29014 · Apr 24, 2019

Cellblock776 said:
There was none. It was canceled about a week ago.

Perhaps we should all avoid the urge to be "first"?

Nickatnite · Apr 27, 2019

DJI denies that it's discontinuing it's iconic Phantom drones. THE VERGE, by Sean Hollister, 4/26/19.

Dougcjohn · Apr 27, 2019

DroneDJ.... Yesterday Apr 26.

DJI rumors: DJI Phantom 5 is canceled - Part 2

DJI Phantom 5 canceled? Yes, it seems so. Persistent rumors and people very close to DJI have informed us that the DJI Phantom 5 has been canceled.

dronedj.com

Looks like market plan is to retain the P4P RTK in Enterprise side.
Expand the Mavic 2 to include a Global Shutter camera for mapping, replacing the P4P's mapping role.

3rdof5 · Apr 27, 2019

I'm not entirely convinced that DJI is moving solely to the Mavic. The P4 is still superior for image clarity and stability in wind. And as far as stability in wind goes all the Phantoms are very capable and stable in wind. My gut says DJI still has something new to show us...

Dougcjohn · Apr 27, 2019

3rdof5 said:
I'm not entirely convinced that DJI is moving solely to the Mavic. The P4 is still superior for image clarity and stability in wind. And as far as stability in wind goes all the Phantoms are very capable and stable in wind. My gut says DJI still has something new to show us...

EOL on 1 model doesn't mean all for one.
Article even states that the Phantom 5 project manager was moved to a new project. Hmmm?

Neither were exceptional in wind compared to other platforms. If a 1" Global camera was offered with M2, it'd provide similar camera as P4P.

As far as new model, I've heard little tidbits for a small consumer size Hex. If they brought out a small Hex, MFT 360 camera, high wind capable, interchangeable lenses, dual battery... they'd have a market ruler.

haility · May 7, 2019

3rdof5 said:
I personally hope this will be a new flying unit and not another Osmo. I do want a second AC. I love my P3P and tbh i have zero interest in a Xender Discord Omegle P4 for many reasons. I've been looking at the Mavics but I guess I'm just biased towards the Phantoms. Cmon DJI, show me something cool and I will buy it..

Perhaps a beer dispenser that flies. You all know we need one of those.

Ansia · May 7, 2019

haility said:
Perhaps a beer dispenser that flies. You all know we need one of those.

Already been said...

New DJI product coming 4/23/19

phantompilots.com

With The Birds · May 7, 2019

Ansia said:
Already been said...

New DJI product coming 4/23/19

phantompilots.com

I saw it for the first time when Haility posted it. It was probably first thought of the day of (if not before) the first ever drone flight. Original ideas are rare.

Ansia · May 7, 2019

With The Birds said:
I saw it for the first time when Haility posted it. It was probably first thought of the day of (if not before) the first ever drone flight. Original ideas are rare.

My only curiosity is, he posted it word by word from what I said.