zanderthunder Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 So small that it doesn’t require FAA approval An early retail listing on Newegg’s Canadian store has given us official images of DJI’s unannounced Mavic Mini, as well as listing its specs. DJI’s new drone is something of an open secret at this point. We saw an FCC listing for the drone back in August, and DroneDJ published hands on images just last week. But the retailer listing adds credence to those earlier leaks, and prices the diminutive drone at $646.15 Canadian dollars (around $494) when sold with DJI’s Fly More kit. One of the more important specs listed on Newegg’s page is the drone’s weight of just 249g. This means that any owners in the US (and soon the UK) won’t have to register this drone with the authorities in order to fly it. Previously, DJI’s lightest Mavic drone was the Mavic Air, which weighs 430g, far above the FAA registration cutoff of 8.8 ounces (250g). Both the retailer listing as well as images leaked earlier this month from DroneDJ show how it’s small enough to sit in the palm of your hand. DroneDJ notes that it has a similar width and height to a smartphone. Flight time is rated at 30 minutes according to the product listing (which corroborates with DroneDJ’s previous report), and recording resolution apparently tops out at 2.7K rather than 4K, which DroneDJ speculates is an attempt to stop the Mavic Mini from cannibalizing sales of DJI’s Mavic Air or Mavic Pro drones. You can find more pictures of the new drone over on WinFuture. The retailer listing doesn’t give any information about when the Mavic Mini might see a release, but with a DJI announcement set to take place at 9am ET on Wednesday, it sounds like we might not have long to wait. Update October 28th, 6:55AM ET: Updated with details of DJI event taking place on Wednesday. Source: DJI Mavic Mini images and specs leak in new retailer listing (via The Verge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Edward Raja said: Flight time is rated at 30 minutes according to the product listing OK, so it actually flies. But apart of that fact, what a palm sized drone, weighting 250 grams is good for? At 500 USD, looks a rather expensive toy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanderthunder Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 8 hours ago, luisam said: OK, so it actually flies. But apart of that fact, what a palm sized drone, weighting 250 grams is good for? At 500 USD, looks a rather expensive toy! Well, that's not of my concern, but lets wait for the press event then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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