# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 8 April 2015 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | Global |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drones; quadcopters; Phantom; Phantom 3; Phantom 2 Vision+ |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| Outlet | The Verge |
| Title | DJI updates our favorite line of drones with the new Phantom 3 |
| Dateline | 8 April 2015, 3:48 PM UTC — Ben Popper (New York / London / Munich press events) |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/8/8369007/dji-new-phantom-3-drone-price-release-date |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2015-04-08|theverge|dji-phantom-3-professional-advanced |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** Ben Popper reported DJI's simultaneous New York, London and Munich unveil of Phantom 3 Professional ($1,250) and Advanced ($999), shipping in a few weeks. New hardware: downward-facing camera for visual positioning without GPS (indoor hover); GLONASS plus GPS; built-in Lightbridge (previously a $1,400 add-on) for live HD from up to 2 km and onboard recording at the controller. Professional: 4K camera; Advanced: 1080p; both 12 MP stills; 1/2.3 inch sensor, 94-degree FOV. App moved to the Inspire-era Pilot app with a flight simulator. Live YouTube streaming was built in. San Francisco GM Eric Cheng: pilots will also be able to send a YouTube link of where they are right now. Popper tied the line to the White House lawn incident and his own prior Phantom crash.

**Kinematic object.** DJI Phantom 3 Professional and Advanced ready-to-fly quadcopters with Lightbridge and visual positioning.

**Coverage frame.** consumer / industry

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: Verge staff first-publisher from the launch events, with Cheng quote and hardware comparison to Vision 2+.
- Wire reprint status: Not a wire reprint.
- What was excluded: Later Phantom 3 Standard SKU and August review.

## LRRK relevance

Lab / Sense-Move-Act. Mass-market visual-positioning quadcopter with long-range live video.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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