IMHO the release of two separate drones that are identical in all respects except for the camera was one of the most mean spirited marketing decisions ever made by a technology manufacturer, especially so because they could have chosen to release a single model with a plug-n-play mechanism to facilitate a user-friendly camera swap-out.
I might be wrong about how feasible this would have actually been for DJI given the ever challenging size/weight-related issues. But it just makes me wonder if this is what they are planning for the next "Mavic" release later in the year.
Indeed think for a minute about what you would really like or reasonably expect to see in the next Mavic drone apart from a few more minutes of battery time and a user-friendly camera swap facility. Probably some software/firmware enhancements but that's about it I reckon.
Of course, it would be naive to expect technology manufactures to shoe-horn as many new features and capabilities into
every product release because then they would not make as much money. The typical tech firm operates on the basis that one segment of its customer base will upgrade every cycle while the others leap-frog one cycle.
I happen to fall into the latter group - I bought a Mavic Pro (with a generous discount) a couple of months prior to the release of the
Mavic 2 twins. If the
next Mavic offering is what I predict it to be then I will be at the front of the queue.
DJI just needs to be careful that they don't suffer the "Apple" syndrome whereby more and more iPhone customers are opting to keep their existing handsets while two or three product release cycles sail into history. There are plenty of people out there who are more than content with iPhone 6s or 7s.
