Why a Consumer Drone Slowdown Was Inevitable

No Major Releases from DJI in 2019? Why a Consumer Drone Slowdown Was Inevitable Before the launch of the RoboMaster S1 earlier this month, many guessed DJI was about to unveil its first consumer drone of 2019: A Spark 2, a new line of FPV racing drones, or maybe even a Phantom 5. But that proved to be wishful thinking. The drone industry’s leading manufacturer sprang a surprise and ventured into the educational robotics market instead. The launch of the RoboMaster S1 followed the Osmo Action camera in May, which itself followed a string of enterprise releases earlier this year. Which means we’ve not had a flagship consumer/prosumer product launch from DJI since the unveiling of the Mavic 2 Zoom and Mavic 2 Pro in August 2018.