Range can make it or break it for a drone that is marketed to newbies who will get easily distracted during the flight and not realize how far they've gone. Hope the RTH upon signal loss is good.
Since I have only read that it transmits RID, I suspect, like the Mini 5 Pro, that it will broadcast RID regardless of which battery it is flown with, so no real advantage to being under 250g with the standard battery, other than no pilot...
Yeah rumor says there is an RC coming but I still don't think there is a manual mode so I guess RC is more useful for those who can't get accustomed to the MC. We obviously don't know this for sure but if it's anything like the DJI, the RC will...