DJI Mavic Mini images and specs leak in new retailer listing
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DJI Mavic Mini images and specs leak in new retailer listing
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.
There’s currently no official indication of when the Mavic Mini might see a release. DroneDJ previously reported that the drone could be announced in late October or early November. Given a retailer listing has already gone live, however, an official announcement can’t be far away.