DJI Teases January 10 Launch of a Handheld Gimbal; Likely the DJI RS 3 Mini

Prolific Chinese drone manufacturer reputed as the king of drones – DJI has teased the upcoming launch of a non-drone product. The product is a handheld gimbal, yet another niche where the company’s products excel. The launch is scheduled to hold on January 10, 2023. While the post did not explicitly name the gimbal model that would be unveiled, the teaser poster hints that it would be of the RS 3 series.

Already, DJI has launched the RS 3 and RS 3 Pro handheld gimbals around June 2022. Thus, we expect the product to be a Mini model of the RS 3 series. The product, likely called DJI RS 3 Mini, will have a smaller size compared to its predecessors. To put this in perspective, the teaser poster contains three gimbals of different sizes. The large and medium-sized models correspond to the RS 3 and RS 3 Pro. Thus, the smaller one will likely be the mini version.

At teh moment, details of the upcoming gimbal model are not known neither has the company indicated the price tag it would adopt. However, considering that the RS 3 Pro and RS 3 are priced at 5499 yuan and 2999 yuan respectively, we expect the new model to be cheaper.

Apart from a cheaper price, the model will likely come with trimmed down features. It is expected to weigh less than the 1.3 kg which the RS 3 weighs. The payload capacity will also likely be less than 3kg which is the carry capacity of the RS 3.

We expect the gmbal to come with basic features such as stabilization technology and just like the others, it will likely be a camera gimbal. However, we don’t expect the gimbal to come with a built-in LiDAR laser focus found on the RS 3 Pro and missing on the vanilla RS 3.

We expect to find out more details of the upcoming DJI handheld gimbal when it is officially unveiled.

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