Hey guys,
I'm looking at buying a drone and currently only use a hundred dollar android phone.
Was just wondering the cheapest way out to get a decent display screen for the controller.
Would a Samsung a20 or similar be ok? I'm assuming for nature stuff I'd require my mobile Sim for the signal?
Cheers
Hi mate, cheers. Yeah that was one part of the question. The other was the cheapest way to get a decent display screen for the controller
I'd definitely recommend confirming the Android App is up to scratch these days - I vaguely remember people complaining that it crashes a lot. Food for thought, as you may want to look at an iOS device.
Works fine on the android app, but if you're using an older android phone not sure if it will struggle.
And yes you definitely don't need mobile data when flying the drone. I normally turn my phone on flight mode when I'm using the drone. .
I was doing it for a work project. If you want cheapest, Android is the way to go, but it’s laggy/buggy and will give you headache. If playing for fun then go for it.
The iOS version is so much better. Try to get a refurb iPad Mini.
DJI is on the US's entity list. As someone with a Huawei phone, it changed nothing initially and now is only a mild annoyance. But I see that it is slowly getting worse and I will be forced to either change ecosystems completely to Google or Huawei in the near future.
As DJI relies on US operating systems for their drone control software and they don't sell phones, I would expect DJI's user experience to deteriorate significantly quicker than Huawei's.
That said, if you are buying Chinese, go all in and get a Chinese phone with a China based app store so you can guarantee you can use the drone (until Scotty from marketing escalates this trade war further and China cuts Australian users off).
As DJI relies on US operating systems for their drone control software
wondering if you have source for this? or do you mean they are using an app on Android/iOS
Yes, I should have wrote UI. And I am sure DJI has support for non US phone OS's, but they are kinda irrelevant for OP.
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Get a iPhone 6s plus. Unlike Android it won't drain power for charging from the controller.
You don't need mobile sim for GPS on the drone (if that's what you're asking).;