$299.00 soon

jcar · Mar 15, 2017

By Christmas 2017 this will be $299.00 which will be a heck of a deal. LOL. Will have to stock up.

GoPro - Karma Quadcopter with Harness for HERO5 Black - Black/White

NightStorm · Mar 15, 2017

jcar said:
By Christmas 2017 this will be $299.00 which will be a heck of a deal. LOL. Will have to stock up.

GoPro - Karma Quadcopter with Harness for HERO5 Black - Black/White

Only if it included the H5.

TonySloth · Mar 15, 2017

The Karma is actually starting to get a following. for a grand you get the drone, hero 5 black, backpack, controller with screen, the Karma grip and it is compatible with the hero 4. For regular people this is a much better option than a phantom or mavik. Most people don't have a use for all the features and have a use for the GP portability plus gopro is a household name DJI isn't unless you are into that sort of thing. I highly doubt we will see it that cheap in 2017 unless they come out with deals that don't include the grip. Maybe if a Karma 2 comes out.

andrew.baker.142 · Mar 15, 2017

DJI needs more competition. Hope the Karma does well.

pyrate · Mar 15, 2017

Speculation and unproductive

cryhavoc38 · Mar 15, 2017

for sure, when the Karma hits 299, the batteries drop to $29.99 per pack, I'm buying.
Until then, my two solo's keep be busy.

Eab210 · Mar 15, 2017

TonySloth said:
The Karma is actually starting to get a following. for a grand you get the drone, hero 5 black, backpack, controller with screen, the Karma grip and it is compatible with the hero 4. For regular people this is a much better option than a phantom or mavik. Most people don't have a use for all the features and have a use for the GP portability plus gopro is a household name DJI isn't unless you are into that sort of thing. I highly doubt we will see it that cheap in 2017 unless they come out with deals that don't include the grip. Maybe if a Karma 2 comes out.

That's a lot!

Spectre95 · Mar 15, 2017

cryhavoc38 said:
for sure, when the Karma hits 299, the batteries drop to $29.99 per pack, I'm buying.
Until then, my two solo's keep be busy.

Agreed will buy 2 of them when they hit $299, until then i am solo flying.

jcar · Mar 16, 2017

pyrate said:
Speculation and unproductive

Excuse me.

SystemsGuy · Mar 16, 2017

jcar said:
Excuse me.

You think the price is going to tank based on the performance of the drone, the performance of the company or some other reason?

cryhavoc38 · Mar 16, 2017

I believe they will cut the program to refocus on their core business

SystemsGuy · Mar 16, 2017

cryhavoc38 said:
I believe they will cut the program to refocus on their core business

Could be, but you'd think they would have done that rather than relaunch the product. I'm more worried about the competition from China on their core product line taking the company down.

Spectre95 · Mar 16, 2017

They have to cut the drone business. No way they can now compete profitably with DJI...

cryhavoc38 · Mar 17, 2017

SystemsGuy said:
Could be, but you'd think they would have done that rather than relaunch the product. I'm more worried about the competition from China on their core product line taking the company down.

It may be that they still believe in it, or did back then and had pallets of them that they need to unload as many as they can. Probably proved to be more cost effective to modify the battery case/latching mech and re release versus taking a complete loss on the whole lot.

Spectre95 · Mar 17, 2017

cryhavoc38 said:
It may be that they still believe in it, or did back then and had pallets of them that they need to unload as many as they can. Probably proved to be more cost effective to modify the battery case/latching mech and re release versus taking a complete loss on the whole lot.

Agree, I think they need to liquidate as many as they can. Question is if their drone division is still in existence. If it is do they have a product roadmap available. If so price will remain until next launch, if not the price will eventually plummet.

I still believe on the business front they would have been better off acquiring 3DR than they were at creating a totally new drone.

Chuck · Mar 17, 2017

Who is to say after being back on the market for a year or so whether or not they will be obsolete as far as software? Do they have the ability to add more features, or is what you buy all you get? That is the biggest reason I got rid of my Phantom and went with Solo. I think I would have to see after a year or so before I pulled the trigger on one, even at $299.

pyrate · Mar 17, 2017

jcar said:
Excuse me.

If you don't have facts on that number, its speculation. I find it unproductive
that is all

Spectre95 · Mar 17, 2017

pyrate said:
If you don't have facts on that number, its speculation. I find it unproductive
that is all

GoPro Profit think this should be enough for GoPro macroeconomics. They are in a world of hurt honestly. Can't even begin to imagine how they plan on continuing the drone business.

Oh well we are going to have to wait and see the results this year, cash reserves could be big at GoPro. I just don't know yet.