Sony Airpeak S1 drone is a DJI rival with a sky-high price tag

The Sony Airpeak S1 drone has just officially taken off in a full launch – and it’s promising to be a DJI-beating aerial tool for pro filmmakers.

Sony has been teasing the Airpeak, its first drone, since the project was first announced in November 2020, but it’s now released the full specs and price tag of its Alpha-friendly flying machine.

Sony says the Airpeak S1 will be a three-part filmmaking system, consisting of the drone, the Airpeak Flight app (which is, curiously, iOS-only) and the Airpeak Plus cloud service. Of course, the drone itself is the most interesting of these, and the Airpeak S1 has some very impressive specs.

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