why is autel so much better than dji

paul holt · Aug 29, 2016

well the build quality is so much nicer wont see an cracks from these plus customer support goes way beyond to help you out . plus its a pumpkin

LuvMyTJ · Sep 16, 2016

While the X-Star is a nice quad, it has a long ways to go to equal what DJI has to offer. There are many useful things on a DJI that the Autel just can't compete with yet. Let's hope that Autel listens to it's early adopter users and continues to update the craft.

paul holt · Sep 16, 2016

LuvMyTJ said:
While the X-Star is a nice quad, it has a long ways to go to equal what DJI has to offer. There are many useful things on a DJI that the Autel just can't compete with yet. Let's hope that Autel listens to it's early adopter users and continues to update the craft.

they are talk with them alot

TomKnAL · Sep 16, 2016

LuvMyTJ said:
...There are many useful things on a DJI that the Autel just can't compete with yet.

Which things?

paul holt · Sep 16, 2016

many things autel has dji doesn't
removable gimble
telemetry on rc
just as far or better range
customer support
get a case
64 gig sd card
lanyard
no cracks in shell
fly waypoints without having to fly them first

m0j0 · Sep 21, 2016

paul holt said:
many things autel has dji doesn't
fly waypoints without having to fly them first

I guess, except Litchi kind of tips the scale entirely to DJI...

LuvMyTJ · Sep 21, 2016

TomKnAL said:
Which things?

There are many, here are a few that come to mind...

No log playback
No expo or gain settings
No EXIF data in raw photos
No SDK, no apps
Shorter range (personal experience, location is everything)
No saved video on device
no way to see vids or pics in app
no signal meters for control or video feed
unpolished movements/control

TomKnAL · Sep 21, 2016

You can see videos and images in the app. There is a small image just over the Record icon which will bring up an album. I don't think you can get full resolution though.

LuvMyTJ · Sep 21, 2016

Why are these still disabled? In their own reference video it shows them working.
In the correspondence I had with them they said they are for features they hope to bring to the app in the future.

paul holt · Sep 22, 2016

LuvMyTJ said:
Why are these still disabled? In their own reference video it shows them working.
In the correspondence I had with them they said they are for features they hope to bring to the app in the future.

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yes your right future not right now

bigskyflyer · Oct 2, 2016

paul holt said:
well the build quality is so much nicer wont see an cracks from these plus customer support goes way beyond to help you out . plus its a pumpkin

I agree with LuvMyTJ. Autel has a ways to go before a true comparison to the p4 or p3 can be made. If you think Autel is going to take DJI down, I refer you to the 3dr Solo, didn't quite work out for the dji haters. The Autel seems to be a nice quad, if Autel keeps the attitude of just competing with dji and not trying to take them out, they will do fine. DJI has too much market share and too much money to try and take them down. I am pretty sure, with the new mavic, cracks will be a thing of the past. I have a P3 pro and it has been very solid, so far. I think I will wait a while before I jump on the Autel band wagon, and see how it fares.

paul holt · Oct 2, 2016

bigskyflyer said:
I agree with LuvMyTJ. Autel has a ways to go before a true comparison to the p4 or p3 can be made. If you think Autel is going to take DJI down, I refer you to the 3dr Solo, didn't quite work out for the dji haters. The Autel seems to be a nice quad, if Autel keeps the attitude of just competing with dji and not trying to take them out, they will do fine. DJI has too much market share and too much money to try and take them down. I am pretty sure, with the new mavic, cracks will be a thing of the past. I have a P3 pro and it has been very solid, so far. I think I will wait a while before I jump on the Autel band wagon, and see how it fares.

don't forget autel has been in business longer than dji so they know what they are doing

Uavdude · Oct 3, 2016

Autel has technically been in business longer (Automotive sector) compared to DJI. However, I think we can all agree that Autel's "first" UAV product (X-Star) is a good contender against DJI and may have pushed DJI to "up" their customer support in the USA. You can bet more is to come from Autel Robotics.

m0j0 · Oct 3, 2016

Cmon guys. Autel has built their first uav. It has some good things going for it. I'm curious will you guys be upset if they release a new version in a few months? They will need to in order to keep up.

TomKnAL · Oct 4, 2016

bigskyflyer said:
.... The Autel seems to be a nice quad, if Autel keeps the attitude of just competing with dji and not trying to take them out, they will do fine. ...

What's the difference between "just competing with" and "trying to take [DJI] out"?

RJ_Make · Oct 4, 2016

m0j0 said:
Cmon guys. Autel has built their first uav. It has some good things going for it. I'm curious will you guys be upset if they release a new version in a few months? They will need to in order to keep up.

I would only be upset if they stopped refining the current platform.

paul holt · Oct 4, 2016

did you see dji suing autel for design of aircraft guess dji is upset that autel aircraft don't have stress cracks like there's

RJ_Make · Oct 4, 2016

Dji sues everyone.

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m0j0 · Oct 5, 2016

RJ_Make said:
I would only be upset if they stopped refining the current platform.

Ok, so best case scenario for you would be a new bird in 6 months and new cams for the current premium? If that happened I'm with you that's awesome. It would be pretty uncommon as I haven't seen any company do that yet. It would increase the value of the current X Stars and be great for those who purchased already.