DJI ‘remains committed to the US market’ as shelves go bare of drones

The Mavic 4 Pro, folded, with a DJI RC2 controller.

Is DJI exiting the US drone market? The institution says nary - but it would not explicate to The Verge what has changed specified that it can't adjacent support a azygous drone connected shelves.

When I walked into my section Best Buy store today, June 24th, determination were zero DJI drones disposable to purchase. There wasn't adjacent an bare spot for each drone to go. The full DJI aisle had been swept cleanable of terms tags, lockers, and products - prevention a fistful of motorized gimbals, enactment cameras, a azygous lone RC controller, and an astir bare premium endcap spot wherever a flagship drone would usually go.

"We're not truly carrying DJI drones anymore due to the fact that of the US-China thing," a store worker told me.

Best Buy is not alone. DJI's ain US webstore nary longer has any drones successful stock, as DroneDJ reported Monday. Despite DJI having an authoritative beingness connected Amazon, each remaining drones determination are sold by 3rd parties with debased oregon chartless quantities of stock. Nor volition Best Buy's website beryllium overmuch much assistance than its carnal store: As of Tuesday, its lone remaining DJI drones are the last-gen Mavic 3 Pro, priced astatine $3,890, a refurbished mentation of that aforesaid Mavic 3 Pro, and a refurbished mentation of the 2022 DJI Av …

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