Image: 3D Robotics
Betamax, VHS. Genesis, Nintendo. Playstation, XBox. Blu-Ray, HD-DVD. Microsoft, Apple. Android, iOS. Every great new tech has a platform battle, and the drone industry finally has its own.Last week, DJI announced the Phantom 3, the followup to the world's most popular drone. Monday, competitor 3D Robotics announced the Solo, a powerhouse piece of tech that could give DJI its first ever real competition in the consumer drone space.
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I don't know the specific details of his departure from DJI. I do know that he wants the Solo to be a Phantom killer. The Phantom has become extremely popular because it's easy to fly, now has some name recognition, and it's affordable (the Solo and Phantom 3 will both cost roughly $1,000). But Guinn says the brand is vulnerable."A big part of the origin of Solo wasn't, let's make a cool quadcopter—I developed the Phantom in 2012—it was, let's pinpoint the pain points of flying a drone and make one that solves all of those problems," Guinn said. "We just went down the list and quickly realized that we'd need to develop onboard computers to check off the boxes we wanted to check off.""The Phantom and all the other drones are the smartphones that came before the iPhone"
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