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I looked through (edit, most) their site, and can't find any... specs? Nothing about the length of each flight (but it proudly says it can do 5-8 flights). Noth

I looked through (edit, most) their site, and can't find any... specs? Nothing about the length of each flight (but it proudly says it can do 5-8 flights). Nothing about the video encoding, or photo-quality, how many people it can track or how it handles crowds. Even the basics like, what phone's does this support, BLE-5 ect? With no information elsewhere and not actually being able to puchase the device, is this acutally "launched" or just announced?

kart23 4y ago
you can buy one by clicking the shop button. it says it’ll only ship in 12 weeks though.
- moritonal 4y ago
  This might be a locale issue, but from the UK I only see "Notify me" where I imagine you can puchase it?
  - quenix 4y ago
    Only available in US and France
judge2020 4y ago
Had to go to 'pixy support' at the bottom, but it still doesn't tote the length of each flight. https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pixy-Tech-Specs https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pix...
- raylad 4y ago
  Max flight time is 60 seconds according to a settings screen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LwntvUVUV8&t=22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LwntvUVUV8&t=22s
  - throwaway413 4y ago
    So, 5-8 minutes max of flight time per battery…sigh. Even assuming 60-sec is the “default” flight time.
    - isp 4y ago
      The video appears to imply that 30 seconds is the default flight time. So I'd estimate 2.5 - 4 minutes of flight time per battery.
      - throwaway413 4y ago
        So almost 1/10th of the Mini 2 flight time, for 6/10ths the price, and like 2/10ths the featureset and quality of capture. Do people really love Snapchat that much that they’d choose such a trade off for app integration alone? Seems like a tough sell.
        simulate-me 4y ago
        It has 0/10th of the controller though.
        ehnto 4y ago
        I think this is a drone targeted at people who don't want a drone though. If you did want a drone, you wouldn't get this, you can't even fly it around. But if you want drone snaps, this is probably way better than dicking around with a mavic. Click the button, drone snap incoming, and you didn't do squat. No flying, no SD cards or file handling. Drone shot triggered straight from the app, and sent straight back into it.
        notjulianjaynes 4y ago
        I think there's a psychological component at play here where better = worse. Imagine you're at a party, and someone pulls out their sleek, expensive looking, 4k video drone. Now imagine someone pulls out this obnoxious yellow square frisbee thing. Which of these are you more likely to "act natural" around?

kart23 4y ago

you can buy one by clicking the shop button. it says it’ll only ship in 12 weeks though.

moritonal 4y ago
This might be a locale issue, but from the UK I only see "Notify me" where I imagine you can puchase it?
- quenix 4y ago
  Only available in US and France

judge2020 4y ago

Had to go to 'pixy support' at the bottom, but it still doesn't tote the length of each flight. https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pixy-Tech-Specs https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pix...

raylad 4y ago
Max flight time is 60 seconds according to a settings screen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LwntvUVUV8&t=22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LwntvUVUV8&t=22s
- throwaway413 4y ago
  So, 5-8 minutes max of flight time per battery…sigh. Even assuming 60-sec is the “default” flight time.
  - isp 4y ago
    The video appears to imply that 30 seconds is the default flight time. So I'd estimate 2.5 - 4 minutes of flight time per battery.
    - throwaway413 4y ago
      So almost 1/10th of the Mini 2 flight time, for 6/10ths the price, and like 2/10ths the featureset and quality of capture. Do people really love Snapchat that much that they’d choose such a trade off for app integration alone? Seems like a tough sell.
      - simulate-me 4y ago
        It has 0/10th of the controller though.
      - ehnto 4y ago
        I think this is a drone targeted at people who don't want a drone though. If you did want a drone, you wouldn't get this, you can't even fly it around. But if you want drone snaps, this is probably way better than dicking around with a mavic. Click the button, drone snap incoming, and you didn't do squat. No flying, no SD cards or file handling. Drone shot triggered straight from the app, and sent straight back into it.
      - notjulianjaynes 4y ago
        I think there's a psychological component at play here where better = worse. Imagine you're at a party, and someone pulls out their sleek, expensive looking, 4k video drone. Now imagine someone pulls out this obnoxious yellow square frisbee thing. Which of these are you more likely to "act natural" around?