B&H Photo has marked their Autel Lite/Lite+ drones as discontinued? I'm repeating this thread because the title of the first thread is too ambiguous.

Wghayek · Dec 16, 2021

kenautelevo2pro said:
which autel website would that be? link pls.

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Wghayek · Dec 16, 2021

advexure said:
AutelPilot ≠ Autel, they are a Chinese distributor not authorized to sell into the US market.

Autel Robotics | Autel Drones Online Store is where I paid for the Nano+. No sales tax or shipping?

quinn karter · Dec 18, 2021

I read that those that have pre-ordered the Lite and Lite+ will be saving $100.00. Autel recently had to up their price but stated they will honor any pre-orders made before a certain date. I'm not sure what the date was though.

jamess336 · Dec 18, 2021

Empire Drone said:
This is straight from Autel; “This is a technical issue where they [B&H] are deleting old item numbers that they set up prior to our [Autel] sending out the confirmed item numbers. Nothing is being discontinued..”

Autel also just posted on Instagram you can see all the New Drones at CES and they will be available soon

AutelTN · Dec 18, 2021

quinn karter said:
I got the same notice from B&H, but no other distributors have made this statement. I ordered my Lite+ from DRONE WORKS. I haven't received any such notice. Most of the main distributors are still accepting orders. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON?
Perhaps I'll have to make a few phone calls this week.

The Nano and Lite models are clearly listed for sale on the B&H website.

kenautelevo2pro · Dec 18, 2021

AutelTN said:
The Nano and Lite models are clearly listed for sale on the B&H website.

as of today, the model are listed. the other week, they disappeared. so yes they are back...with all the models and all the colours. the fact that they were listed as "discontinued" threw off are lot of people.

Calm Winds · Dec 18, 2021

jamess336 said:
Autel also just posted on Instagram you can see all the New Drones at CES and they will be available soon

It seems like we have been hearing from Autel ,will be available soon ,that's been for the last two months now.
I wonder if Autel has a different meaning of the word soon,than anyone else.

Mike_C · Dec 19, 2021

Mike_C said:
Looks like they will be shipping next week. I would guess to the pre-order customers. I would imagine to the Authorized Dealers too.

Checked Google Play tonight, Autel Sky is available for download. To me this means that they will start shipping the units that use this control software very soon.

Calm Winds · Dec 19, 2021

Mike_C said:
Check Google Play tonight, Autel Sky is available for download. To me this means that they will start shipping the units that use this control software very soon.

I sure hope this time they mean it.the Autel Sky app was available for download at google play about a month ago,
but just for a little while.Then they removed it.I am really interested in the lite+. I have a dJI mavic air 2 now.But am certainly
willing to try out the Lite+.
Thanks for the heads up on the Autel Sky app.

Mike_C · Dec 19, 2021

Calm Winds said:
I sure hope this time they mean it.the Autel Sky app was available for download at google play about a month ago,
but just for a little while.Then they removed it.I am really interested in the lite+. I have a dJI mavic air 2 now.But am certainly
willing to try out the Lite+.
Thanks for the heads up on the Autel Sky app.

I downloaded an .apk version (1.0.25) a couple of weeks ago and the one on Google Play currently is Version 1.0.36. Must be that they found 1.0.25 had issues that need to be corrected before releasing it again. I'd rather that the control software didn't have any control issues while I'm flying.

Calm Winds · Dec 19, 2021

Mike_C said:
I downloaded an .apk version (1.0.25) a couple of weeks ago and the one on Google Play currently is Version 1.0.36. Must be that they found 1.0.25 had issues that need to be corrected before releasing it again. I'd rather that the control software didn't have any control issues while I'm flying.

I had 1.0.35,that means 3 updates on software before release of new products.it's good that they are working on
getting it right.That is probably the last thing a pilot needs is drone control issues when flying.