I blame the smartphone industry for conditioning consumers into thinking tech companies need to release a new model every year. Look at Apple and Samsung. Most are just minor incremental updates, to satisfy this idea they need to release a new model every year. Most are hardly innovative. A slightly bigger screen is NOT innovation. Some get rushed to met this annual release dateline, and can lead to disaster (e.g Note 7). Every second iPhone model seems irrelevant. Upgrade every second year and you won't miss much.
Tech companies should be allowed to focus on real R&D and innovation, and it's fine if they take 2 or 3 years to come up with something new. Not be pressured by clueless consumers who want something 'a little bit' better every year. It's over 1 year, and Mavic is still on the top for its class and other makers are trying to copy and add a little bit extra. DJI can take their time and come out with something that leave competitors in the dust chasing the wrong ball. DJI shouldn't care what Autel is doing or worry about their vague release timeline and specs.
I can understand professionals and avid photographers/videographers with an eye for details might want a 1" sensor, but for most people it's irrelevant. There are people who would go out an buy ND filters ($50+), because they read on social media or watch YT, that it'll make their photos better. Then they go through the trouble of taking photos of the same sunset over a city with each ND filter, in auto, and posting on social media to ask which one looks better. They don't bother finding out how they work, what it's used for, when is the time to use it and why is might be useful. So, it's the same with 1" sensor. I bet most people wouldn't understand what it means and how they affect the quality of photos and videos. I goggled about digital camera sensors, and couldn't understand a lot about what's being written...
If you are a hobby pilot, and taking the occasional photos and videos in your backyard or holiday, a 1" camera sensor is NOT the $1000+ upgrade you are looking for. If you are posting photos and videos to get likes from strangers, I can tell you, most of these people don't really care about the minor details of the photos. A poorly stitched pano will still get a lot of likes. How often to you go back to view your photos and videos?
Don't be like the people who upgrade their smartphones every year, cos it's got a better camera, just so they can take photos of their breakfast, lunch and dinner to post on social media to get a few likes from people they don't know.
