If this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, it would be a crying shame to miss the opportunity.
I would imagine that the road trip you have planned will have certain key points where you will have envisioned taking aerial shots. Before you head off...
Solar flare activity typically affects lower frequency bands. Such as Ham Radio. If strong enough can also induce noise in the higher bands where drones exist.
Agree. I won't cheapskate with cameras, but a phone is just a phone (when it isn't an emergency flight screen). My old Android Motorola E30 does everything I need it to.
I haven't paid more than £150 for a pone in many years, a budget phone will do everything 90% of us need if the other 10% want to pay many hundreds more for a phone because they need all the features fair enough I will spend that money on...