Prior to the releas, my wishes for a successor of the mavic pro were:
1. Better Camera - Requirement
2. Better gimbal - Wish
3. No shorter battery life - Requirement
4. No worse connection - Requirement
5. Smaller - Wish
6. Quieter - Wish
Now that the Mavic Air has been released, I see the following items:
1. Only slightly better camera (100MBit/s vs 60MBit/s, but not the camera of the
P4P)
2. Gimbal seems more robust and protected, but I need to hear first-hand experiences first regarding horizon creep, etc.
3. Shorter battery life, but could live with it.
4. Expect worse connection due to range 7km vs 4km... I don't need that long range, but I expect worse connection robustness
5. OK, quite smaller, nice.
6. Sound levels? Don't know
Even though, I would love to just buy it for the coolness factor, for me it is too expensive for that. Rationally, I see no reason to buy it.
Conclusion; I think I will wait for the Mavic
Pro2, which I will have the same requirements for as described above, with the addition that camera quality should be a big step forward wrt the current Mavic Pro.