Originally Posted by Tim Budong (Post 8799620)

Im looking into getting a drone by the end of the year, however, this isn't going to be possible as the Karma nor the Mavic is gonna be ready to ship in HK anytime in the next two months

I have seen and held the mavic and I will say it is truly amazing at how tiny the thing is. It packs all the great features from the Phantom and its probably the easier drone to just pick up and fly.

With the karma, I find some of the unsupervised reviews to be simply people not being patient or not really know what they are doing. It seems tho, to me anyways that some of these people may not be as educated about Drones, but thats how GoPro wants it, they want people to just pick it up and fly, as evident by the very simplistic controller.

With that said, the Karma is very modular and a lot more future proof and comes with some great accessories to boot. The Mavic is very one year in season product with nothing interchangeable.

In the end, its really what your needs are for the drones, want to fly and have fun but lose the flexibility of the gopro ecosystem? get a Mavic. Want to have better video and more flexibility? get a karma

I just picked up a hero5black today, so im leaning more towards the karma because that grip does look pretty awesome.

in the mean time..im debating if i should spend a little bit practicing on the Zerotech Dobby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-6MkDW4cvs

its got most of the features on the mavic, its small and not too expensive. can shoot photos, has EIS and does 720p video

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 8799714)

get a hubsan if you wanna practice
not the dobby lol

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8799680)

What are you using the drone for? The Dobby does not have a gimble for the camera.

Originally Posted by meme405 (Post 8799163)

the fact that the drone itself has no sensors or camera's to do things like recognition, obstacle avoidance, or tracking/orbit modes. This is not something that can be overcome by software, the drone itself lacks the hardware to complete this maneuvers.

Originally Posted by gilly (Post 8799972)

https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/03/gopro-karma-review/

A very good review by engadget on the gopro karma

Originally Posted by Tim Budong (Post 8801465)

gopro recalled the Karma... lol

guess I'm dropping money on the Mavic

Originally Posted by gilly (Post 8801514)

Well they only recalled the first 1500 drones. Most of the drones are for reviewers and testers.

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 8802905)

4K60 100Mbps with 1" sensor and 5-way avoidance :sweetjesus:

Inspire 2 looks less impressive as an upgrade...really interested to see how the battery heater works

Originally Posted by jackmeister (Post 8811222)

FYI Mavic Pro available at amazon.ca 5 left as of now.

Originally Posted by RFlush (Post 8811335)

Should have ordered the Mavic from Apple. I ordered mine on Oct 21st and received it Nov 20th.

Originally Posted by jackmeister (Post 8811351)

You're in HK though? It should be damn fast though since it's only made 1 hour north in Shenzhen.

Originally Posted by jackmeister (Post 8811351)

You're in HK though? It should be damn fast though since it's only made 1 hour north in Shenzhen. Any luck buying the extra battery in HK?

Felt lucky they upgraded my shipping. Was supposed to get it on the 27th, now i'm receiving it tomorrow! sick

Originally Posted by RFlush (Post 8811515)

Being located close to the distribution and factory has no influence on when the Mavics get shipped out.

That being said, DJI store in HK has plentiful of stock in batteries. I picked up 4 extra batteries a couple weeks ago and it's still showing in stock.