Facts

• Company: DJI
• Product type: UAV
• Status: commercial
• Website: https://www.dji.com/mini-3

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Supply / Components
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

DJI Mini 3 is a lightweight consumer camera drone under 249 g. It combines foldable portability, stabilized 4K video, long flight time and simple flight modes for aerial photography, travel imaging and entry-level drone operation.

Overview

DJI Mini 3 is a lightweight consumer camera drone under 249 g. It combines foldable portability, stabilized 4K video, long flight time and simple flight modes for aerial photography, travel imaging and entry-level drone operation.

Market context

DJI Mini 3 is a sub-249 g foldable camera drone with 4K HDR video, True Vertical Shooting and integrated DJI O2 transmission.

• Target environment: Consumer outdoor filming, travel photography, creator workflows and lightweight recreational drone operations.
• Workflow context: Aerial photography, 4K video capture, portable flight, vertical shooting and app-guided consumer drone operation.
• Customer context: Consumers, creators and small teams needing a compact camera drone below the 250 g class threshold.
• Deployment model: Commercial consumer drone sold through DJI's retail and online channels.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial high-volume camera drone released as part of DJI's Mini product line.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on local drone rules, battery choice, image requirements, obstacle-sensing expectations, app ecosystem and price fit.
• Market position: Portable camera-drone product where low weight, integrated imaging and DJI usability matter more than enterprise autonomy.
• Adjacent products: DJI Mini 4 Pro, DJI Mini 3 Pro, Autel EVO Nano, HoverAir X1

Audience

Creators

Workflow

Aerial photography, 4K video capture, portable flight, vertical shooting and app-guided consumer drone operation.

Capability

Remote operation

Deployment environment

Consumer outdoor filming, travel photography, creator workflows and lightweight recreational drone operations.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Creators
• Workflow: Aerial photography, 4K video capture, portable flight, vertical shooting and app-guided consumer drone operation.
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment environment: Consumer outdoor filming, travel photography, creator workflows and lightweight recreational drone operations.

Specifications

• Flight Time: 38 minutes with Intelligent Flight Battery; 51 minutes with Intelligent Flight Battery Plus
• Wind Resistance: 10.7 m/s, Level 5
• Operating Temp: -10°C to 40°C
• Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo
• Task Scope: Consumer aerial photography and video capture
• Operational Role: Lightweight consumer camera UAV for portable imaging
• Takeoff Weight: 248 g standard aircraft weight
• Dimensions: Folded 148 x 90 x 62 mm; unfolded 251 x 362 x 72 mm
• Range: 18 km max flight distance with Intelligent Flight Battery; 25 km with Intelligent Flight Battery Plus where available
• Max Speed: 16 m/s maximum horizontal speed
• Max Takeoff Altitude M: 4000 m with Intelligent Flight Battery; 3000 m with Intelligent Flight Battery Plus
• Camera System: Downward vision sensing; photo/video camera payload for consumer aerial imaging
• Certification: C0 class in the EU

Tags

• Peer Group: Industrial mapping drone
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Timeline / Research

• 2025-11-08 - Research Publication - Forensic Analysis of UAV DJI MINI 3 and Non-rooted RC-N1 Android Smartphone Using DRF Framework - The paper performs forensic analysis of a DJI Mini 3 UAV and RC-N1 Android smartphone…

Supply / Components

• DJI Mini 3 - Wlan Front End Module - Communications - Kangxi Communication Technologies - Kangxi WLAN front-end modules are used in DJI Mini 3 radio stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Imu Sensor - Positioning & navigation - TDK-InvenSense - TDK-InvenSense IMU is used in DJI Mini 3 sensing and navigation stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Microcontroller - Compute & Control - HDSC - HDSC microcontrollers are used in DJI Mini 3 control electronics - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Video Processing Soc - Compute & Control - Ambarella - Ambarella H22 video-processing SoC is used in DJI Mini 3 compute stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Ddr Memory - Compute & Control - Kingston - Kingston DDR3L memory is used in DJI Mini 3 compute stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Battery Charger Ic - Power Systems - Qualcomm - Qualcomm battery-charger IC is used in DJI Mini 3 power electronics - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Motor Driver - Actuation - Monolithic Power Systems - MPS motor-driver and power-stage hardware is used in DJI Mini 3 motor-control electronics - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Application Processor - Compute & Control - NXP Semiconductors - NXP i.MX application processor is used in DJI Mini 3 compute stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Nand Flash - Compute & Control - Kioxia - Kioxia NAND flash memory is used in DJI Mini 3 compute stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Wifi Bluetooth Chip - Communications - Synaptics - Synaptics WiFi and Bluetooth hardware is used in DJI Mini 3 communications stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Saw Filter - Positioning & navigation - Murata - Murata SAW filter is used in DJI Mini 3 GNSS receiver stack - source: ifixit.com
• DJI Mini 3 - Motor Control Microcontroller - Actuation - Spintrol - Spintrol motor-control MCU is used in DJI Mini 3 motor-controller board - source: ifixit.com

Comparable Systems

• DJI Mavic 3 Pro - DJI - UAV
• M40 - ABZ Innovation - UAV