I have been a DJI exponent from day 1. However, looking at expanding my UAV business activities into 2020 got me looking beyond an aging Inspire 1 and my
M2P to the Matrice range of aircraft. As much as I liked what I saw, I was pretty much at the point of compromising my development plans by only being able to consider adding the Mavic Enterprise Dual to my fleet, from a price point of view. A Matrice 201 RTK or the 600 pro, with camera and gimbal kit, were simply way too far out of my price range. The business argument to buy one of these types, and then be able to charge out the operating cost at a rate that would be acceptable to customers amongst the relatively small population catchment I would be working in simply wasn't going to stack up.
While I live in New Zealand, I do have family living in China and as such have taken the opportunity from time to time to buy from a DJI Superstore in the Guandong Province. Getting the goods shipped to an address in mainland China and then onto New Zealand has proved worthwhile from a cost point of view. Interestingly, the contact I use in China to help me buy from the DJI Superstore is also an agent for another Chinese developed and built UAV under the Yuneec brand. It was suggested to me I should look at the Matrice sized UAV sold by Yuneec as the price range was generally very, very competitive when comparing similar DJI and Yuneec aircraft and the respective payload accessories available. Sceptical at first, I did take a look at a several YT reviews around the Yuneec Tornado H920 and the Yuneec Typhoon H520. There are a number of very creditable reviewers who have posted their videos on YT, looking at Yuneec UAV alongside DJI counterparts that are well worth watching.
I thinking any DJI "buff" should take heart that there are other (Chinese) brands selling UAV products worldwide, in which the standard of design and capability are potential matches for pretty much anything DJI puts out to the market. To me this should translate into DJI needing to be very aware that others are "snapping" at their heals, so if they want to remain dominant in the UAV market, they need to do so through continued innovation, technology, design and price. Because if they don't, another brand such as Yuneec will be very capable of filling the gap - not years down the track, but very quickly.
My two cents worth on this particular subject! ??