The Mavic 4 Pro isn’t coming to a US store near you.
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DJI is skipping the US with its most advanced drone yet
The Mavic 4 Pro is coming to Canada and Mexico, but not the USA (for now).
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Sean Hollister
May 13, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
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Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.
Today, DJI is officially announcing
the Mavic 4 Pro, which could be the most versatile drone it’s ever made. It’s the first with a 360-degree rotating gimbal for footage that tilts, rolls, and offers true vertical filming. It’s the first Mavic to offer 51 minutes of battery life,
tied with the old Mini 3 and close to the
longest flight times DJI has achieved. It’s the first with a built-in 100-megapixel camera, which can also record 6K/60fps HDR, as part of its triple-camera array.
Another important distinction: it’s the first off-the-shelf DJI drone that won’t launch in the United States. Or at least, that was the plan — since we published this story,
we’ve discovered that two US retailers are actually selling it anyhow starting at $2,699.
Anyhow:
officially it’s going on sale in Canada, Mexico, and every other country where DJI sells drones, but the company tells
The Verge it has no timeline on bringing it to the US. DJI won’t honor its limited warranty if you cross the border to purchase one in Canada or Mexico.
It’s not even sending the drone to US-based technology reviewers — we don’t have one, and we’re not sure when we’ll get one.
Why is the Chinese drone maker doing this? The company says
Trump’s tariffs were among the top reasons it chose to abandon a US launch — and there’s also the fact that, seven months later,
US Customs is still holding up DJI’s ability to import drones into the country.