March 5, 2018 - Written By Alexander Maxham Amazon currently has one of DJI’s latest drones, the Mavic Pro, for just $769. That’s good for $230 off of its regular price, or 23% off. That’s a great price for this drone, and even brings it down lower than its holiday season price of $799. Making this a fantastic price for the DJI Mavic Pro.The DJI Mavic Pro is a smaller drone, than the popular Phantom 4, but still has a great camera on-board. This drone is great because it allows you to keep it in your backpack when you’re on the go. Since this drone does fold up into your backpack, it does take up a pretty small footprint. The propellers do come off, making it even smaller. In the box, DJI does include an extra set of propellers, as well as guards for the propellers, in case you are attempting to fly it indoors. The Mavic Pro also has longer battery life than the other drones in DJI’s lineup, where it can fly for around 27 minutes instead of the usual 10 … [Read more...] about Deal: DJI Mavic Pro Drone for $769
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One of the best personal drones on the market, the DJI Mavic Pro, just dropped to its lowest price ever
The gold standard of personal drones, DJI’s Mavic Pro, has dropped to just $769. That’s the lowest price we’ve ever seen, beating last year’s Black Friday sale of $815. The MSRP for the Mavic Pro is $999, which makes this deal a 23-percent discount. When it was released in 2016, The Verge gave Mavic Pro a 9.5 score, saying it “has all the range, battery life, and advanced features of larger drones” while small enough to fit in a jacket pocket. It’s more powerful than last year’s Spark (also on sale at Amazon for $339, down from the already discounted $399) and more portable than DJI’s flagship quadcopter series, Phantom. (The latest edition, Phantom 4 Pro, retails for $1499.) DJI announced a new Mavic drone earlier this year, the Mavic Air, which may explain this price drop. The Mavic Air is priced at $799, making the Mavic Pro now $30 less than the new model. Comparing the specs yields very little difference between the two models … [Read more...] about One of the best personal drones on the market, the DJI Mavic Pro, just dropped to its lowest price ever
The DJI Mavic Pro drone is down to its lowest price at $769
The DJI Mavic Pro quadcopter is down to $769 on Amazon. That price is the lowest ever on the base model, which usually sells for around $900 and is still going as high as $1,000 at retailers like Best Buy. There are a couple retailers that have it for $759, like B&H and Adorama, but those drones do not come with a remote controller or battery charger. Amazon's does, so it's worth the extra $10. In addition to the remote controller, battery, and charger, this drone also comes with a 16GB SD card, three types of USB cables (Lightning, micro USB and USB-C), and three pairs of propellers. The DJI Mavic Pro is considered one of the best drones on the market. On Amazon it has more than 87 user reviews giving it 4.2 stars. It's super lightweight, at only 1.6 pounds, and can be folded down for extreme portability. You can stick it in your backpack and take it anywhere. When it's ready to fly, just unfold it and it's good to go. It has a four mile operating range, which means you can fly … [Read more...] about The DJI Mavic Pro drone is down to its lowest price at $769
Edgybees lands $5.5 million to save lives with AR drones
Augmented reality and drones. It sounds like a match made in entertainment heaven, but one company is using the combination of drone technology and AR to help save lives. Today, Edgybees — whose technology enables augmented reality (AR) on high-speed platforms such as drones and cars — has announced a seed round of $5.5 million to expand its operations. Edgybees technology was initially applied to AR drone racing and was released in partnership with DJI in early 2017. Later that year, Edgybees released First Response, a drone-flying app that emergency responders use to orient themselves in confusing environments and to better track rapidly evolving circumstances. I saw Edgybees in action during a recent visit to Jerusalem for the OurCrowd Summit. During the demonstration — a simulation of an emergency response situation — a first responder arrived by motorcycle and deployed a DJI drone. The software overlays live drone camera footage with Google Maps … [Read more...] about Edgybees lands $5.5 million to save lives with AR drones
DJI’s Next Drone Is For Farmers? [Updated]
Update: DJI has released a statement asserting that this leaked drone is not an upcoming product: “The drone you feature is not an official DJI product, but appears to have been custom-built by a third party using DJI components. Our flight control and communication systems are widely acknowledged to be the best in the business, and we are pleased that drone innovators rely on our components to develop new and exciting product ideas.” Advertisement - Continue Reading Below The original story follows below. Chinese company DJI is a juggernaut of commercial drones, with an astonishing 85 of the global consumer market. Now, according to leaked reports, the company is looking at agricultural and industrial markets with a fixed wing quadcopter. Chinese drone site Kanzhaji has gotten its hands on what looks to be pictures of a working fixed-wing quadcopter. It lists the specs like a length of 4.2 feet and a wingspan of 7.8 feet. Meant to observe crops, the fixed-wing drone … [Read more...] about DJI’s Next Drone Is For Farmers? [Updated]