Any reasonable adult can afford $1,000. Whether you have the extra cash in your bank, credit cards, good credit to open up another card, trade or sell something you no longer use in order to obtain a quad. Theres countless ways to get a quad. Now that we are in 2016, its so easy to open up a credit card with 0% interests introductory rate for the first 10-18 months and simply pay $25 a month minimal until you have all the money gathered. If you are really being serious that some adults can't afford that. Then maybe you should be shopping at Walmart for quadcopters and not be on this forum or talking about Phantoms to begin with. Not trying to be rude. But, if you can't afford it you simply can't afford it and shouldn't be worrying about affording toys. You should be worried about becoming financially stable first. At first I told myself I will just fly recreationally and use it on my own personal time. But, people literally walk up to you and almost offer you money on the spot to get some shots for them. Its happened to me so many times and I have met really nice clients from this quad alone that it paid for itself doublt time already. I would cough up the $1,400 for the Phantom 4 because its simply a better quad than the Phantom 3. But, something is telling me to wait a few months. Not a year, not a couple years for the Phantom 5 or 6. Just a few months as I'm almost sure DJI is going to release better versions of the Phantom 4.
What makes me think it isn't the Pro? The fact the the Phantom 3 PRO 4k and the Phantom 3 4k are so identically, color shape, operation and everything else is the exact same except for one minor thing, LightBridge and Wifi video downlink which is you own a Phantom 3 with light bridge you know how big of a deal that is. It wasn't that long ago that DJI was selling light bridge itself for $1,000. Also the fact the every other retailer including DJI themselves are selling the Phantom 3 4k for $799. Yes, I'm sure I have my reasons on why I don't think this is the PRO. When the Phantom 3 Pro first came out a lot of people never got manuals with their Phantom. I was one of those people. I never purchased the Phantom 3 4k. But, I do own a Phantom 3 Pro. I don't know where people would be able to tell if theirs is a Pro or just the 4k model. Maybe on the box? Which ebay sellers can easily change for increase sales. Other then getting fine print that lets you know you have the Pro model. I'm curious to know how people will find out. Especially since the Phantom 3 is already a year old and they have the newer Phantom 4 models out. I wouldn't be surprised if retailers looked for extreme ways to clear out their inventory.