The tech market is experiencing the era of drones. Drones are predicted to become most important part of tech world in the coming future. GoPro Karma and DJI Mavic Pro, the two tech drones are well versed to compete with each other. Both are well equipped to attain the top spot in the drone manufacturers list.
In-order to attain the top spot, GoPro Karma and DJI Mavic Pro should go head-to-head with each other to show up the superiority in features what these devices have been built for.
Special features in any of the drone either with GoPro Karma or DJI Mavic Pro will give the final results of which drone being the superior or ruler of the Drone tech market.
GoPro Karma vs DJI Mavic Pro: A Battle of Drones
Weight and Size: GoPro Karma drone weighs 2.22 pounds with a folded dimension of 14.4 x 8.8 x 3.5 inch. Whereas, DJI Mavic Pro is lighter than GoPro Karma weighing exactly to 1.62 pounds and accounting to a folded dimension of 7.9 x 3.3 x 3.3inch.
The folded dimensions of DJI Mavic Pro are lesser than GoPro Karma. And lesser dimensions bring one thought into the mind- "DJI Mavic Pro is easy to carry"
Flight capabilities: GoPro Karma can attain a maximum altitude of 14,500 feet, a maximum speed of 35mph, can go far away at a maximum distance of 1.86 miles from the controller and it can continuously fly for 20minutes exactly from the time of take off.
DJI Mavic Pro has better flight capabilities like attaining a maximum altitude of 16,404 feet which is almost 2,000 feet more than the GoPro Karma Drone. A maximum speed of 40mph also makes DJI Mavic Pro superior over its rival GoPro Karma.
A continuous flight time of 27 minutes together with a 4.3 miles maximum range from the controller makes DJI Mavic Pro drone superior over GoPro Karma drone in flight capabilities segment.
Camera: GoPro Karma is designed well with a feature of detachable gimbal and camera. GoPro Karma can accommodate 3 types of camera made by GoPro like the Hero 5 black, Hero 5 Session, hero4 Balck / Silver cameras.
The GoPro 4K, 12MP cameras has electronic image stabilization along with wide angle lens improving image capturing capabilities.
DJI Mavic Pro has fewer features when compared to GoPro Karma in the camera capability segment. Detachable gimbal and camera are absent as they form one unit with the drone. An in-built camera is placed inside the drone which gives user only one camera to be used unlike the options in GoPro Karma. DJI Mavic Pro's camera has no electronic image stabilization and 28mm lens which is having lesser capabilities than the GoPro cameras.
Price: The GoPro Karma drone (with remote control) alone costs $799, while DJI Mavic Pro drone costs $749 without the remote control. Meanwhile, GoPro Karma with the camera and remote control costs $999, priced just the same as DJI Mavic's kit with the remote control.
