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Re:GoPro is recalling its Karma drone by yabatopia on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @07:17AM (#12909618)
I'm surprised by the low number. Of course, it makes it easier for a recall, but 2,500 sold Karmas seems like a very disappointing launch for a new GoPro product category. Or maybe drones are less popular than I thought.
Re:GoPro is recalling its Karma drone by kawsper on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @09:43AM (#12910600)
I have built my own drone, for racing, but also for toying with soldering, electronics and repairability, but I also follow the commercial offerings. Most of my friends are getting a DJI Mavic, even though they already own GoPro cameras for their quadcopters.

A Karma will cost you, if you already own a suitable GoPro, $800. If you don’t already have a GoPro that fits the Karma, you can get the Karma bundled with either a Hero5 Session for $1,000 or a Hero5 Black for $1,100.

That includes the drone, the stabilisation gimbal rig, the remote, and the padded backpack.

In comparison a DJI Mavic Pro is $999.

They were beaten by DJI that launched a week after them, and people are more interested in the Mavic, that combined with them not having shipped a whole lot of them (they are even canceling orders now because of this issue) is why you see such low sale figures.

Re:GoPro is recalling its Karma drone by POTUS on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @07:30AM (#12909711)
I believe about 1 million consumer drones were sold during last year's holiday season. So I would call that moderately popular and 2,500 doesn't seem a lot of units in that regard.
Re:GoPro is recalling its Karma drone by ljf on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @08:04AM (#12909925)
1 million is good but I wonder how many fall into the the Hubsan x4 category - small 'fun' drones - some have FPV cameras, but most either have a fix recording camera or none.

How many 'prosumer' drones sold, do you know?

Re:GoPro is recalling its Karma drone by POTUS on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @09:05AM (#12910299)
In January of this year the FAA announced that 300k drones have been registered in the first 30 days since the drone registration requirement went public. I can't find any newer numbers on that though.
Re:GoPro is recalling its Karma drone by bpicolo on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @09:46AM (#12910618)
Seems like an extremely saturated market.