Xiaomi’s first drone is official, and you can probably guess what its name is.
The Mi Drone features a 104-degree wide angle lens camera capable of taking 1080p or 4K image-stablized video, and can stream 720p live video. Specifically, the camera use a Sony 12.4 megapixel sensor, which captures video at 3,840 x 2,160 and 30 fps.
The battery life is estimated to last up to 27 minutes of continuous flying, and has automatic lift-off and landing modes. Other autopilot functions include flight path planning, circling around an object on a map, and targeting a place on a map to fly.
Of course, it being Xiaomi, price is very competitive with others in the high-end drone space: The HD version starts at $380, and 4K video model at $450. But don’t get too excited – the lower-end version will launch through a crowdfunding model on Xiaomi’s site, and the 4K model will arrive later this July in an open beta.
If you’re able to wait a bit, it’s a steal compared to DJI’s drones .
Motorola brings its Moto Maker custom smartphone designs to the UK
Motorola has announced that buyers of its new Moto X device in the UK will be able to customize their handsets in the same way US customers have been able since the service first launched there a little more than a year ago.
A 16GB unit with a plain-colored shell costs from £420 and from £440 for wood or leather finishes, whereas a 32GB model starts from £460 and £480 respectively. While it allows you to combine a whole variety of different finish options to get exactly the color combinations you want, there’s also a new real leather option alongside the wooden and colored finishes. On the front of the device, there’s only the choice of black or white though.
If you want to customize your handset further, there’s also the option for a single line of engraving, although, if for some reason you were planning to plaster your phone in profanities, you’ll be scuppered by the platform’s filters.
A spokesperson for the company said that Moto Maker devices shipped to the UK would continue to be made at its US plant for now, until manufacturing for all units swaps across to China, which is a handy choice considering where its new owners are based .
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