Come on are you for real ?
Battery life
better camera
rear obstacle avoidance plus other directions.
quieter
faster
etc etc etc.
I bought the Mavic Pro when it first came out and I still love it. Since I'm not a professional photographer, I really don't need a better camera. I get great 4K video easily and do no post-editing. ("Great" by
my standards) I have a blast flying it every time, and have the coolest vacation videos of all my friends and family.
I can't imagine DJI coming out with a new Mavic that would justify me spending another ~$1000+/- anytime in the near future. There's nothing I need to have improved
that bad.
Battery life: - 20+ mins is fine with me. Would I spend $1000 for an extra 5 mins of flight time?
No. Maybe a full hour of flight time, just so I'd never have to change batteries, but that's not gonna happen anytime soon. I usually get kinda bored after about 20 mins anyway. Unless you're filming for a commercial project,
what do you do up in the air all that time?
Better Camera: I've never had any problems with the MP camera. A bigger sensor would be cool, I'm sure, but it would mean a larger drone, and I definitely wouldn't want to move
UP in size. If I was really serious about image quality I'd buy a
P4 PRO anyway. A
more protected gimbal
would be nice, like in the Air.
Obstacle Avoidance: Until they come up with REALLY EFFECTIVE 360-degree OA that can detect small limbs and wires, (virtually crash-proof), I look at OA like bumpers on my car: never used them / probably never will / don't really need them ... just cool marketing/bragging rights. They
could, possibly help me someday. I would
not pay $1000 for two extra OA sensors. Truly effective obstacle avoidance is years away IMO.
(I know, I know, they have saved a few mavics a few times - I've seen the videos.)
Quieter: Would I pay $1000 for a Mavic that's 20% quieter? - Probably not. 80% quieter? - Maybe. Almost silent? - certainly. But we're a long way away from that. I've never had anyone complain about the sound of my drone, and it doesn't bother me at all.
Faster: 35+ MPH is plenty fast for me. If I wanted to go faster, I'd get a racing drone. Would I pay another $1000 for a mavic that could go 50MPH? Probably not.
So when they come up with a crash-proof, water-proof, super-fast, silent mavic, with a camera that's twice as good and more durable and protected,
and a 1 hour flight time, I will be the first in line:
please take my $1500 and ship it to me ASAP!
Until then (maybe ~ 2021?) I'll be more than happy with my original Mavic Pro.
Unless my wife let's me buy an Inspire.