Can Xiaomi dominate the drone market?

How does Xiaomi do it? Feature-for-feature parity with market leaders, but at a fraction of the cost?

The Chinese manufacturer's products are, however, like the worst kind of teases. Showing you all the good stuff, but keeping you — if you live in the U.S. — at arm’s length, since the brand doesn't distribute many of its products here (though there are some). It’s a promise without fulfillment. Will the new Mi Drone be different?

Surely, the drone is Xiaomi’s best trick yet. The lightweight, "prosumer" drone matches virtually all of the key features of its main competitor, the DJI Phantom 4. The Mi Drone can fly for almost a half an hour, lets you send it to a point in the distance with a tap on the screen, plan routes, circle subjects while keeping them in camera view, fly up to 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) away, shoot 4K video and return home with a slide of a button (and automatically when it gets low on power). Read more...