Confirmed Phones/Tablets Compatible with DJI Fly

[Thomas B]

Only 600 nits?

 

[Tufargon]

Better than any other phone or tablet I've ever used. It's not a Tripletek or Crystalsky by any means.

 

[spudster]

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10. 1100Nit AMOLD Screen

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 - Full phone specifications

www.gsmarena.com

 

[netfolks2000]

Only 600 nits?

That's pretty bright. Most phones are in the 400 to 500 range. But there are a few up to 1000.

 

[netfolks2000]

It really is not easy to find the brightness in "nits" when searching for specs of various cell phones.

 

[slcpnk]

I’m so used to using iPads. Clearly Android tablets are a tad cheaper but do they run the apps as well?

 

[andysims]

Reinventing the wheel?
It's already been done:

Best Tablets and Phones for DJI GO & DJI Fly (Updated Daily) | Phantom Help

Phantom Help is a site for help with DJI Phantom drones. Find the latest fixes, how-tos, guides, accessories, modifications, and more.

www.phantomhelp.com

And if a device runs one version of the Fly app, it will run any version of the Fly app.

Someone needs to "reinvent the wheel" the list you refer to is has not bee kept up and is outdated...

 

[Meta4]

I’m so used to using iPads. Clearly Android tablets are a tad cheaper but do they run the apps as well?

Yes

 

[jclarkw]

...And if a device runs one version of the Fly app, it will run any version of the Fly app.

Meta4 -- Is this true? I just went to the DJI Fly app download site and noticed that a bunch of phones (including iPhone 6 and LG G6, which I happen to own) have been dropped from the compatible list. -- jclarkw

 

[March411]

In the spirit of the OP's original question I'll add the Asus Zenpad Z8s ZT582KL, I'm running the Fly app 1.5.9 and it's doing a **** fin job

Platform	OS	Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 (28 nm)
CPU	Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU	Adreno 510

Memory	Card slot	microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal	16GB 3GB RAM
	eMMC 5.1

 

[Meta4]

Meta4 -- Is this true? I just went to the DJI Fly app download site and noticed that a bunch of phones (including iPhone 6 and LG G6, which I happen to own) have been dropped from the compatible list. -- jclarkw

Since that was written, DJI have added to the current Fly app and it won't run as well on older devices with less powerful processors and less RAM.

 

[jclarkw]

Since that was written, DJI have added to the current Fly app and it won't run as well on older devices with less powerful processors and less RAM.

Thanks, Meta4! Two follow-up questions, if I may:

1) Is there any way (other than trial-and-potentially-expensive-error) to determine what version of the app will run on what older phone? For example, I bought a used LG G6 a couple of years back, specifically to run the Fly app, because it was then on their list. To what version can I update it?

2) I hadn't realized this was going to be such a problem until I downloaded the latest approved-phone list. Otherwise I would have been checking for each new version and saving the corresponding approved version. Was anyone else clever enough to do this and post it somewhere?

Best Regards -- jclarkw

 

[Meta4]

Thanks, Meta4! Two follow-up questions, if I may:

1) Is there any way (other than trial-and-potentially-expensive-error) to determine what version of the app will run on what older phone? For example, I bought a used LG G6 a couple of years back, specifically to run the Fly app, because it was then on their list. To what version can I update it?

That phone has 4GB of RAM and a quad core processor ... give it a try.
If you are concerned about it, just do it in a large, open area.

2) I hadn't realized this was going to be such a problem until I downloaded the latest approved-phone list.

DJI's approved phone list isn't much help.
It's just a few phones/tablets that they have tried and confirmed to work, but there are plenty of good ones that DJI have never tested, including some that are better than what's on DJI's list.
This list is a lot more useful:

Best Tablets and Phones for DJI GO & DJI Fly (Updated Daily) | Phantom Help

Phantom Help is a site for help with DJI Phantom drones. Find the latest fixes, how-tos, guides, accessories, modifications, and more.

www.phantomhelp.com

 

[jclarkw]

That phone [LG G6] has 4GB of RAM and a quad core processor ... give it a try.
If you are concerned about it, just do it in a large, open area.

DJI's approved phone list isn't much help...

The part that worries me here is that DJI had this phone on their list a while back and now has dropped it! At least I already own this phone, so experimentation is free. If I had to buy another used one, however, life would be a bit harder...

About the Phantom Help list, comparison with the current DJI list (for Android and DJI Fly only) indicates precious few differences. (I tried to be careful, but I might have missed something.) Phantom does not include two listed by DJI (OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro) and adds only one to DJI's list (Huawei Mate 20 Pro). I can't say this helps much. -- jclarkw

 

[msinger]

Phantom does not include two listed by DJI (OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro)

 

[Meta4]

About the Phantom Help list, comparison with the current DJI list (for Android and DJI Fly only) indicates precious few differences. (I tried to be careful, but I might have missed something.) Phantom does not include two listed by DJI (OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro) and adds only one to DJI's list (Huawei Mate 20 Pro). I can't say this helps much. -- jclarkw

It sounds like you hardly looked at the site.
You missed a lot.

 

[msinger]

It sounds like you hardly looked at the site.
You missed a lot.

To be fair, I did make some of the mentioned updates to the list yesterday.

 

[Meta4]

To be fair, I did make some of the mentioned updates to the list yesterday.

To be fairer, your list has >200 Android phones and tablets, yet he said there were precious few differences between it and DJI's sparse list?

 

[jclarkw]

To be fairer, your list has >200 Android phones and tablets, yet he said there were precious few differences between it and DJI's sparse list?

MEA CULPA -- You are right, Meta4. I misunderstood the meaning of the dots. After hovering my mouse over the DJI App column, I now see that most of the listed phones have at least a few folks liking it for DJI Fly. -- jclarkw

 

[Meta4]

Thanks! Sorry for my error, but this just strengthens my point that the DJI list may indeed be the best (and varying over version) source. -- jclarkw

The DJI list is next to useless.
They rarely test new phones or update it.
There are many very good flying tablets and phones that DJI have never shown in their tiny list.

No, I said I was looking only at those with blue dots (for DJI Fly). -- jclarkw

I don't know what you are looking at.
The listing shows a large number of "blue dots".