New video shows off the rumoured "DJI Mavic Mini" - Successor to the DJI Spark

DJI’s recent announcement was not the rumoured Mavic Mini drone that some had been expecting. Instead, it was the DJI Osmo 3, a folding handheld gimbal for smartphones. But that hasn’t stopped more leaks about a mythical DJI Spark upgrade from happening.

The video above, originally posted to TikTok by a user of a closed Facebook group about DJI gear, purports to show the new DJI Mavic Mini drone, folded up, from various angles.

The 23-second clip shows somebody holding the Mavic Mini with the legs folded in, turning it around to show the different angles, including flipping the battery door up at the end. If this is the same unit as the previously leaked Mavic Mini images, then it appears that the gimbal has either been removed or not yet installed when this clip was shot.

For a refresher, here are the images that were leaked a few days ago.

You can clearly see on the previously leaked images exactly where the gimbal normally resides. The video also appears to show the same Micro USB socket when the battery cover is flipped up, too. If this is a future DJI drone and not just a hoax (which is possible), then I really hope they switch that out for a Type-C on the production run.

The DJI logo emblazoned on its top would suggest that if it’s not a DJI drone, somebody is going to great lengths to make us believe that it is.

Naturally, there’s been no official word from DJI yet, and it’s unlikely that they’ll have one until the drone, if genuine, is publicly announced.

[via DroneDJ]

Madara

I don’t see DJI using such a flimsy plastic door for the battery.
- Pewp
  
  If it’s pre-production(which it would be if it’s a leak) the quality of being lower is not a surprise
Quadcopterguide

Glad the mavic mini is getting some good attention. Looks like the info in this video that broke these images is still current: https://youtu.be/tyldnGPLtvA
None of your damn business

I have had two Sparks. They seemed to have been virtually indestructible. I have had one mavic pro and the one time it crashed it broke. This one looks more like the Maverick pro thus more fragile and breakable. If this is the new spark it wouldn’t surprise me if they quit making the old one it was just too durable. Seems like everything made nowadays is made to break they just don’t make stuff like they used to. It’s all about the greed and the money.
- V
  
  Thats the typical ridiculous complain of brother-in-law dudes. “They dont make things like before” “all greed money money” blablabla, yeah, tf you know about what are they going to do or what was done before.
- lainb0t23
  
  It’s because Mavic can fly higher, faster, and has more weight to slam into something (or the ground). They are both equally as durable in my opinion. I have Spark, Mavic Pro and Mavic Pro 2 Zoom, and all are exceptionally nice, for their price range.
  - Attorney Attorney
    
    what a good explanation! If you fly higher, when you fall down you will be broken that’s a fact. Mavic air or pro can fly higher than spark