Have you been waiting for a sub-250-gram, sub-$300 beginner’s drone from DJI? That wait may not end any time soon because DJI is not launching the much-discussed Mini SE in the United States. Or even in Europe (except Russia). Here’s why…
Yesterday, when the DJI Mini SE stock hit the markets in Malaysia, it seemed like a worldwide launch of the product was just around the corner. We were especially hopeful of this since the drone had gotten listed on Walmart a while ago. And also because DJI released an updated version of its Fly app yesterday, adding support for the Mini SE.
What we could gather quickly from the Malaysia launch was that the Mini SE is the original Mavic Mini in Mini 2’s shell. We also noticed that it has the same controller but uses the Mini 2’s intelligent flight batteries.
Also read: Grab this Mini 2 firmware update ASAP to fix battery issue
But since it’s unlike DJI to launch a new product (or in this case, old wine in a new bottle)…
