Drones Update: Top 5 Drones Under $500 Including DJI Phantom 3 Standard, Parrot Mambo & 3DR Solo
The drone technology truly is taking off. An increasing number of companies are working on providing the best technology by combining the finest hardware they have. There are a lot of drones in the market at the moment that comes packed with user-friendly features and are capable of delivering great performance. Here's a list of the top five drones that come packed with great features and fall under the $500 bracket too.
DJI Phantom 3 Standard - As listed by Digital Trends, the DJI Phantom 3 Standard drone is a fully-featured drone that costs around $499.99 and even offers a UAV. As for the specifications, the DJI Phantom 3 Standard drone features a built-in 2.7K camera that can capture video at 30 frames per second. Moreover, it further packs a 3-axis gimbal stabilization and outputs live-streaming at 720 pixels.
Parrot Bebop 2 - The Parrot Bebop 2 reportedly costs anywhere between $400 and $550 and represents simplicity, durability and promises a fun flying experience to its users. Users can directly deploy commands from their respective smartphones, instead of a traditional joystick controller. Moreover, users can even enjoy a first-person view through their smartphones, thanks to Parrot Bebop 2's wireless connection.
Yuneec Breeze - The Yuneec Breeze is priced at $296.48 and is among the cheapest but packed-with-good-features drone there is in the market at the moment. It is especially known for capturing beautiful pictures and videos and it's ability to be highly portable. The Yuneec Breeze - also known as the selfie drone - also comes with GPS which allows users to conduct indoor tracking.
Parrot Mambo - As reported by Drone World, the Parrot Mambo drone is perhaps among the most stable devices ever created. For this reason among others, the Parrot Mambo drone is ideal for children who'd like a drone that can shoot darts. The drone is priced at $120 and is totally worth the money.
3DR Solo - which can be bought from Amazon for $410 comes equipped with a camera system that is capable of clicking marvelous aerial photographs. Furthermore, the drone also comes equipped with different kinds of flight modes such as selfie, orbit, follow and cable cam among others and users can choose one as per their preference.