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Since the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) at the beginning of this year, new consumer-grade drones have been continuously reduced in size, indicating that the development of drones towards popularization is an inevitable trend this year, especially for small aerial photography drones, the popular market applications are emerging in an endless stream.

In September this year, three press conferences held in very short intervals kicked off a wave of competition in the small aerial photography drone market!

On August 20, Yuneec held a press conference in Beijing and announced that the Typhoon H480 had completed all production preparations and would soon be available in large quantities. Just half a month later, Yuneec launched the Breeze, a small aerial photography drone, adding another member to the small aerial photography drone family.

My flying camera breeze How light is the breeze?

The aircraft is stored in a small plastic box, and in order to reduce the packaging volume, the tripod is designed to be foldable. Before flying, you only need to manually open the tripod to take off easily. There are no additional operating accessories, and you can use it with a mobile phone installed with an APP.

A foreign netizen has already received the product and conducted some functional tests

“It’s just this big!”

When unfolded, the size is the same as an A4 paper, and the thickness is about the same as a Xinhua Dictionary. This setting can basically meet the user's portability needs. In addition, the original manufacturer will provide a special ABS plastic storage box, which is easy to carry. The overall appearance is both beautiful and practical.

In terms of details, the clever design makes Breeze even lighter. There is no cooling fan inside Breeze. It draws cold air into the body through the air guide holes in the arm to cool the electronic components, and then directly discharges the hot air from the heat dissipation holes at the bottom to achieve the purpose of heat dissipation. This method saves a cooling fan, reducing power consumption and weight.

In just half a month, two more technology companies released their own small aerial photography drones.

9.20 GoPro releases Karma, a quad-rotor drone with a very compact design. The fuselage bracket and rotor arm can also be folded. Thanks to the unique gimbal design, the whole is very flat and compact. Karma is currently only priced at 6498 yuan per unit in China. The price of the package with Hero5 will be announced later. The product is expected to be officially launched in early 2017.

9.27 DJI released the Mavic Pro drone. Unlike previous DJI drones, the Mavic Pro is portable and equipped with four cantilever propellers. When folded, users can still pick up the Mavic Pro with just one hand. The price in China is 6,499 yuan, which is almost the same as the Karma.

So what is the price of YUNEEC Haoxiang Breeze?

In terms of price, the official price of 3,299 yuan is completely acceptable. The previously announced overseas price is $499.

For this price, you can get a Breeze, a set of spare propellers, and two pairs of propeller guards. For those who travel with drones, it is OK to bring a mobile phone.

The Breeze app is now online. The button in the red box is used to control the pitch of the gimbal. It can rotate 0~-90 degrees on the vertical axis, which is convenient for selecting different angles for overhead shooting. In order to make the shooting more stable, a shock-absorbing ball is also installed in the Breeze body to keep the body stable, which provides a certain degree of anti-shake ability. The camera is mobilized by the Breeze app installed on the smartphone. After the drone and the phone are connected via Wi-Fi, the phone can be used as a remote control to command the drone's four-way movement and rotation, or issue return or take-off and landing commands.

Of course, Breeze is equipped with dual-star GPS positioning and indoor optical flow positioning module, which can safely return to the user's location in any environment.

If the phone is just a remote control, then the function is too simple - Breeze receives instructions from the mobile app, not only can it perform popular functions of consumer drones such as "surrounding points of interest" and "target tracking", it also has a convenient "selfie mode", which is the function I am most looking forward to. "Selfie mode" can guide users to use simple and easy-to-understand settings such as distance, altitude and direction to adjust the aircraft position and take photos that they are satisfied with.

The most proud feature of Breeze is the "Journey Mode". In this mode, the aircraft will lock the camera view on a target, and then continue to move away from it, creating a visual effect of soaring. After reaching the preset distance, it will return along the original path! Blockbuster movies can be shot in minutes, and at the same time you can view 720P high-definition real-time image transmission video on your smart device. The key to such amazing image quality is that Breeze can shoot 4K ultra-high-definition video and 13-megapixel ultra-clear photos, which can be shared on social networking platforms, and it seems that it is not impossible to go viral on WeChat Moments.

Are these beyond your understanding of drones?

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