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Snap launches its first drone

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Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by judge2020 »

moritonal wrote: post #7

I looked through (edit, most) their site, and can't find any... specs? Nothing about the length of each flight (but it proudly says it can do 5-8 flights). Nothing about the video encoding, or photo-quality, how many people it can track or how it handles crowds. Even the basics like, what phone's does this support, BLE-5 ect? With no information elsewhere and not actually being able to puchase the device, is this acu…

Had to go to 'pixy support' at the bottom, but it still doesn't tote the length of each flight.

https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pix...

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by andrewgioia »

I think this is such a fun/playful idea, kudos to Snap!

Their first hardware product pretty much bombed but this is oddly one of the first consumer tech toys in a while that I've felt I wanted. I can definitely see this being a fun thing to bring out in the backyard or to cookouts/parties, especially as a dad with young kids too.

A couple things I'd be a bit worried about:

* Battery life would need to last long enough to use this on and off for a few hours. If it's like 15 mins then no way.

* Would there be an audible hum in the video it records from the 4x propellers?

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by kart23 »

moritonal wrote: post #7

I looked through (edit, most) their site, and can't find any... specs? Nothing about the length of each flight (but it proudly says it can do 5-8 flights). Nothing about the video encoding, or photo-quality, how many people it can track or how it handles crowds. Even the basics like, what phone's does this support, BLE-5 ect? With no information elsewhere and not actually being able to puchase the device, is this acu…

you can buy one by clicking the shop button. it says it’ll only ship in 12 weeks though.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by Karawebnetwork »

deanc wrote: post #4

What on earth is this pivot? From ephemeral messenger into camera sunglasses and a drone?

Is it really a pivot? They are all about letting people share video stories made using their ecosystem. They pushed the software (filters, etc.) as far as they could so now they are pushing the hardware. You can't code a "first person view" or a "third person view" filter. So glasses & drones it is.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by mNovak »

The camera quality doesn't look great, even in the promo videos. You'd think a software company can put on some some decent color balance at least. Also the video is very wobbly because it's such a small platform and no gimbal. That can be fixed in large part in software too.

I suppose they're going for the artistically constrained angle, more like a disposable camera.

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