There is no doubt that the Apple phones work very well with the DJI drones. But when I first got the Mavic Pro and was flying about 2 miles away I received a phone call and momentarily lost the connection using my Apple iPhone 6s. This was within just a few days of getting the Mavic Pro. I forgot to disable the phone. Regardless, whenever I get the urge to fly the iPhone may not be fully charged and even if it is the screen is too small so I started looking for an inexpensive dedicated large-screen phone used only for flying that had no phone connection, apps, and anything to interfere with flying.
Ideally, looking at the list of Mavic compatible phones, you want to go with Apple or Samsung. But spending $500 - $800 for a dedicated drone phone is out of the question. So I looked at the Chinese phones on Tomtop, Banggood, Gearbest and other Chinese product web sites coming across all kinds of phones with names I never heard of. I took a risk and settled on the 5.7" Leagoo M8 Pro for $62.00 and it wasn't bad for the price. But it didn't have the horsepower to stay with the video and occasionally the viewing video would freeze. The video recording on the Mavic was fine but the phone video transmitted from the drone occasionally was jerky. And the experience was the same when using my DJI Phantom 3 Advanced.
I read a review on one of the Chinese sites that the very same manufacturer Leagoo was the first to come out with a 10 core processor phone - the MTK Helio Core X-20 chipset clocked at 2.0 GHZ together with 4GB of Ram. The review raved at how well it played video games. With that kind of horsepower I took a chance and purchased the Leagoo T10, 5.7 inch 1920 x 1080 Super FHD display and WOW - it works flawlessly. The video is nice and smooth and not jerky, the screen is much larger and brighter than the iPhone, and the phone is thinner and easily fits into the Mavic Controller. The only issue is I needed to buy a type C Mavic Controller Cable so I had to order one as opposed to using the USB type C cable that came with the phone (but that did work just fine). I prefer not to have any wires hanging down and the direct connection like that for Apple and Android phones will make it easier to hold the controller without any wires coming out the side of the phone. Edited note: Realized much later that The Mavic Pro comes with an RC Type C Connector cable for the controller - just didn't notice it.
Originally the Leagoo T10 was about $250 on most internet sites when it first came out. Later Gearbest had the lowest price selling it for $179 but that was still too much for my pocket book. But sure enough, in time, the price dropped again at Gearbest and I was able to pick it up for $134, a doable price for me.
So now I have a great large 5.7 inch viewing and crystal clear screen phone that will always be charged with no interruptions from annoying phone calls when flying as I prefer not to have any interfering phone service or incoming ads & messages on the Smartphone.
Ideally, looking at the list of Mavic compatible phones, you want to go with Apple or Samsung. But spending $500 - $800 for a dedicated drone phone is out of the question. So I looked at the Chinese phones on Tomtop, Banggood, Gearbest and other Chinese product web sites coming across all kinds of phones with names I never heard of. I took a risk and settled on the 5.7" Leagoo M8 Pro for $62.00 and it wasn't bad for the price. But it didn't have the horsepower to stay with the video and occasionally the viewing video would freeze. The video recording on the Mavic was fine but the phone video transmitted from the drone occasionally was jerky. And the experience was the same when using my DJI Phantom 3 Advanced.
I read a review on one of the Chinese sites that the very same manufacturer Leagoo was the first to come out with a 10 core processor phone - the MTK Helio Core X-20 chipset clocked at 2.0 GHZ together with 4GB of Ram. The review raved at how well it played video games. With that kind of horsepower I took a chance and purchased the Leagoo T10, 5.7 inch 1920 x 1080 Super FHD display and WOW - it works flawlessly. The video is nice and smooth and not jerky, the screen is much larger and brighter than the iPhone, and the phone is thinner and easily fits into the Mavic Controller. The only issue is I needed to buy a type C Mavic Controller Cable so I had to order one as opposed to using the USB type C cable that came with the phone (but that did work just fine). I prefer not to have any wires hanging down and the direct connection like that for Apple and Android phones will make it easier to hold the controller without any wires coming out the side of the phone. Edited note: Realized much later that The Mavic Pro comes with an RC Type C Connector cable for the controller - just didn't notice it.
Originally the Leagoo T10 was about $250 on most internet sites when it first came out. Later Gearbest had the lowest price selling it for $179 but that was still too much for my pocket book. But sure enough, in time, the price dropped again at Gearbest and I was able to pick it up for $134, a doable price for me.
So now I have a great large 5.7 inch viewing and crystal clear screen phone that will always be charged with no interruptions from annoying phone calls when flying as I prefer not to have any interfering phone service or incoming ads & messages on the Smartphone.
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