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It looks like DJI is trying to capture customers who are interested in drones at an even lower price point.
It doesn't. You can get a better look at it if you check out the thread I linked above.
What makes you think that it's weaker than the original Mini?
Unless I've missed it somewhere, the Zino Mini is still only available for pre-order. There are some "reviews" around but they just seem to list the specs from Zino. Whilst it looks good on paper, until real end-user reviews of an off-the-shelf product are available, there's no way to know whether or not it lives up to the hype.
From what I've seen so far the only thing 'weaker' would be the loss of 1 minute of flight compared to the Mavic Mini. I could have missed some specs listed elsewhere that would prove me wrong but based on the battery and props shown it might actually be on par with the Mini2 performance wise other than range and camera. If that's true then we're getting the higher speed and wind resistance of the $450 mini2 with the camera but the range of the $400 Mavic Mini in a price point that's supposedly $300. If that's true then it looks to be a win for beginners. I'm very happy with my MM at the full retail price I paid but to have gotten a hybrid of them both for $100 less would have been outstanding.
That would definitely be my wish too. I would hope I can use the same remote with the mini one and the Air 2S. That would make life more wonderful.
Purely a guess on my part I think the antennas/ transceivers are probably the same on the MM and Mini SE so it's probably 50/50 or better that the MM controller would work. I like the ergonomics and battery size of the new controller plus the fact that it's all USB C BUT when you can quickly see by the controller whether you're grabbing/flying the 2.5 mile or 6 mile drone it might be helpful to some.
Knowing how DJI management thinks, I'd guess that it's more likely they'll cripple some features.
