Hi Mikey, welcome to the forum!
I agree with cheebs- I started out with a $50 Syma X5C to see if I had any aptitude for quad flying. Ya gotta be able to fly it WELL in case the automation fails.
The advertising should say "easier to fly" not "easy to fly".
But if you want to learn on the expensive model, I would go with Solo. $599 with gimbal at Best Buy right now.
3DR has great tech support-if you have a problem they will work with you to fix it. If Solo crashes due to a malfunction, they will repair or replace it free during the 1st year- including your GoPro if it is lost or broken. Read the Phantom forums and you will see DJI doesn't.
Solo features are better and they just rolled out several new automated camera modes.