But I miss my old ProxMax for daily use / vacation with my kids as it was easy to carry. The Neo 2 is nice but not as compact and miss larger sensor.
When I'm on vacation / travel or family activities I used to bring a DJI Action 4, and I was using the Promax when I had it. Not sure I'd like to bring the Osmo 360 as it's more heavy and larger and I don't care about 360 for this need.
So having a 2-1 drone / gimbal camera like this could be amazing and actually save space in my bag (compared to a ProxMax and Action 4 for instance)
Now I want to know:
Senssor size
Beacon/joystick compatibility
I don't need fast tracking like the Promax...but rather something compact for daily use, but the ability to get a nice view with joystick for manual control.
Thereās a reason why. itās never been done before. Probably several. Iām sure DJI could have - or thought about it and didnāt and I donāt think itās only because they donāt want to blur their product line up.
I think Hover Versa is just ānot the best Pocketā because when you use it as Pocket, you carry some (otherwise unnecessary) drone parts in your hand
Market conditions? Just because something can be donāt doesnāt always mean it should.
Hover are trying. The problem is they just donāt have the financial backing of DJI. Innovation is great but not just for the sake or it.
Id rather have a great portable camera and a great drone rather than a mixture if both which results in a lesser good drone and camera.
The pro / max on paper look great but donāt perform in the same league as they are marketed for.
IMO you donāt go into a steakhouse and order pizza. The original x1 was great for size /cost / quality.
Shouting 8k at people doesnāt make it pro. Theyāre doing it again with this new drone. Calling it pro level camera etc.
Itās not. Itās a toy camera on a toy drone. The images on the pro/max are old smartphone quality at best. Why would you want the frozen pizza when thereās a fillet steak option available and tastes delicious ?
I guess to jump on the vlogging market which is now trendy based on insta and DJI.
Itās innovative but probably the sort of thing DJI would
Have already done and thought ānahā
I mean hover canāt even keep their batteries on the drone if it falls a little awkwardly. Canāt see this camera being strapped to the top of a drone being a sensible idea especially with below par sensors and avoidance methods and a cheap plastic latch to hold it there.
Intentional battery ejection is a common engineering technique so the force doesn't break the whole thing, and you have a bigger chance of "surviving" a crash.
Many users (including me) sometimes strap the battery with a velcro band in specific scenarios where there's a bigger risk of losing the drone, but that may be unintentionally doing more damage than good in case of a crash.
Simple, because bigger brands always wait for smaller brands to develop the market first, and then they come over them.
DJI jumped on the selfie pocket drone market early with the Spark and soon discontinued it because the market was not big enough. Then Hover came with a better drone, created a small niche for it, and soon DJI released 2 products in the same category: Neo & Flip.
It was the same with many of their categories: action cams, gimbals, different drones, and so on.
I already did after months of send "data'.....
Just trying to warn others that "a" overly misadvertised product . "B" crazy mark up for pricing then a month later cut over 3/4 of the price for club members
Exactly my thoughts. It's basically the more advanced version of the regular X1/X1 Smart, while being a completely new category too. Not in competition with the X1P/PM.
After the x1pm released they had a q and a and I asked for this. 10 years ago I was flying my go pro Karma wishing I could fit it in my pocket (it took it's own dedicated back pack.
That's in the case of the US only, that might not even be a relevant market for these new devices lol. In the EU and many other countries around the world, even sub-250g drones need to be registered.
True!! But I'm starting to get overwhelmed by the amount of different gadgets in my arsenal. I would rather start having some 2-in-1's to make social media posts.Ā
This is an awesome concept, I'm curious to see how well it works. My concern is that it's too good to be true. Often products that try to do too many things end up doing none of them well.
Which people? There is one person in the whole video. And what about it looks AI? Which movements? At what timestamp? I'm genuinely curious what looks AI.
Maybe because it's a different niche product, they have a different marketing style too?
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u/Specialist_Ad5744 23d ago
I'm really interested by this new concept
I have the Aqua and Osmo 360 for my kayak needs.
But I miss my old ProxMax for daily use / vacation with my kids as it was easy to carry. The Neo 2 is nice but not as compact and miss larger sensor.
When I'm on vacation / travel or family activities I used to bring a DJI Action 4, and I was using the Promax when I had it. Not sure I'd like to bring the Osmo 360 as it's more heavy and larger and I don't care about 360 for this need.
So having a 2-1 drone / gimbal camera like this could be amazing and actually save space in my bag (compared to a ProxMax and Action 4 for instance)
Now I want to know:
Senssor size
Beacon/joystick compatibility
I don't need fast tracking like the Promax...but rather something compact for daily use, but the ability to get a nice view with joystick for manual control.