If DJI wants to be 100% Apple, They need to be upfront with that.
DJI is 'upfront' with that.
On the back of the box, it states Made for iPhone.
At least for the Mavic Pro box it states so, and since it's the same app...
Do yourself a favor, and buy a used ios device. It's a world of difference
It's total BS when you ask around. NOBODY creating apps codes for every device when they make an app, they code to the OS used. DJI does not have to code for 120 devices on Android. They need to code around the most current devices, and maybe account for 2-3 previous versions. Naturally they will change. As it is with this stupid Go4 App, even many guys like myself with
Mini 4's that this dude recommended don't work as well with Go4 today!!
It's total nonsense, and reminds me of when the issues of Win and Adobe products, as well as Audio interfaces from 100 different mfg's had the Mac versions that ran well, and Win sucked azz. Well, eventually Windows designers and product developers said we can't lose that big of a market. Designers had to figure it out or lose. The music home recording market, home video studios are very prevalent today, and both Win and Mac are great options for those platforms. Some Win designs are better and cheaper.
All I hear are excuses. The video is good, but very dated in terms of what is available today. Most phones have 4-6G ram and cpu's well beyond the requirement of Go4. Some of them run fine on Go4, others do not.
The latest in "app disconnects" are brought to you by firmware 0400 which is also reloaded with anti hack stuff. That "stuff" has been creating more and more app shutdowns and aircraft disconnected freak outs on the MP than any other firmware issues. Rolling back to 300 or 200 and it doesn't occur near as often, still some do, but most people are not afraid to take it up.
More MP's have been lost in the last few months due to the crap firmware and crappy App. Some speculated that was after all the comparisons of Ocusync to Wifi which reduced the number of
MA sales. Did DJI trash the MP on purpose? That was answered with the latest firmware which has rendered many Mavic Air's problematic, and not just with Android.
The video is good, and makes sense for those wondering why their $80 tablet does not work with Go4. NO reason devices like S7, S8 S9, H20, Tab S3, Pixel 2, and so many other products that beat the requirement of Go4 by at least 2x in required hardware would be failing.
If DJI wants to be 100% Apple, They need to be upfront with that. Excuses are unacceptable to most consumers. Buy a drone for $1000, have a device on the supported list or a device 3x as powerful than what is approved? Then they tell you Nah, sorry, your device is not to DJI spec? Well DJI can look forward to a ton of users saying "No thanks, I'll buy something else"
I have been a huge DJI fan, I use iOS and Android products because iOS shii does not work in too cold or too hot of weather. Android devices do. My entire time in
SC filming was done on an S3 because a
Mini 4 or my co partner with his Ipad Pro shut down within minutes of being in 90+ degree temps. S3 did all the work, max brightness screen (which is even brighter than the Ipad Pro FWIW) and we got the job done.
I've been seeing these app issues forever and DJI does not address them. Most people in the past were like OK I'll buy a
Mini 4. And now those are having app issues as are other less capable iOS phones and people are saying "come on with it DJI !! fix this @#$%"
DJI needs to reduce the load demand of Go4. They need to create a Go4 for Mavic and Spark, and another for Phantom Inspire etc. Breaking those down into 2 apps will reduce the coding, the load, the potential that code on product may affect another.. and so on. They are a multi billion dollar company!
No excuses! Fix it or lose your customers to Autel or any other that services the product better.
