usability, design, price, portability, image quality

reliability

91% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

price, usability, performance, battery, portability

93% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Ease of use ; 4K video quality ; Robust, customisable remote control

23-minute battery life ; Camera doesn't pan left-right ; 16GB microSD card

The DJI Phantom 3 Professional is easily the best drone on the market at this price thanks to 4K video, a fantastic new remote control and an abundance of new flying features.

Simple to fly and great camera ; Fast and Stable ; Great value

Nothing... yet

Value for money ; Great for those just starting out ; Simple design and operation ; Easy to fly

Uses Wi-Fi rather than Lightbridge ; Lacks the positioning cameras of the Advanced and Pro

If you were thinking about getting the Phantom 3 Pro or Advanced but were put off by the price, then the Phantom 3 Standard should make your mind up once and for all! It's affordable, easy to fly and has a good camera.

Easy flight control ; Excellent video quality ; Small and lightweight

Android app is slow ; No advanced autopilot ; Expensive batteries

The Phantom 3 Professional is incredibly easy to fly, captures stunning 4K video and features a direct live view link between the camera in the air and your mobile device. There's little not to like in this compact, feature-packed drone.

The DJI Phantom 3 Standard is a ready-to-fly quadcopter with a built-in camera that captures good 2.7K-resolution video that's very stable thanks to an excellent integrated three-axis gimbal. It has the Intelligent Flight Modes found on the company's...

The camera can't be removed or upgraded; landing gear doesn't collapse and isn't easily removed for travel.

For its $499 sale price, the DJI Phantom 3 Standard is the best beginner quadcopter you're going to find for the money. If and when the price jumps back to its original $799, the Standard will be a much tougher sell against DJI's other excellent models...

The DJI Phantom 3 Professional is easy to set up, simple to fly and its stabilised camera shoots beautiful 4K footage.

The Phantom 3 Pro isn't cheap, and it's hard to distinguish 4K footage from 1080p. Buying spare batteries, which each manage only 20 minutes of flight time, adds even more cost.

With its simple operation and great image quality, the DJI Phantom 3 Professional is one of the best ways to get into aerial videography.

Easier than ever to fly ; Superb app with HD live-feed and tons of info ; Improved remote controller ; Generally excellent camera

Rolling shutter can make 4K footage a jelly-fest ; Image quality gets grainy in low light

Powerful, user-friendly and fun to fly, this is DJI’s most appealing consumer quadcopter yet

The DJI Phantom 3 is so competent, so easy to fly and shoot video with, that the main worry I had while testing it was finding a safe place to fly. Even living even on the outskirts of London in a reasonably leafy suburb, I was able to locate few...