Good phone for droning

PikkuY · Dec 26, 2018

What phone do you use flying? I'm thinking about getting a new phone as my Nokia 6 (2017) can be a bit sluggish sometimes when it comes to performance. Especially the flightplan struggles a bit, which is due to the snapdragon 430 being the Nokias heart. I found Xperia XA2 after xmas sale, that has snapdragon 630 and on the paper it's much faster than 430. I also found Xperia XZ1 Compact, which surely has horsepower for anything, but dunno about the small 4,5 inch screen that has 720p resolution? They are now on the same price 199e / 230$.

Which would be your pic for example from those 2:
Snap630 - 5,2' 1080p OR Snap830 - 4,6' 720p + barometer sensor

Thanks for the hints

mike_kelly · Dec 26, 2018

It might be good to take a look at the "list of working phones" thread in the "tips and tricks" section. Not all pones work correctly and also look for a newer version of Android.

Thanos · Dec 28, 2018

Xiaomi's and Samsung's works fine...I also have a Nokia 6.1 that is working fine also.

Uxodas · Dec 28, 2018

I use an LG V20 thats on oreo 8.0.0, and it runs fine

OmniaPhill · Dec 31, 2018

I am using my Hauwei P20 and not had any problems

Thanev · Dec 31, 2018

S8 works great!

zandoli · Dec 31, 2018

Consider one with a barometer. Would be useful for Follow Me altitude changes.

charleslee · Dec 31, 2018

Samsung note 8
1200 nits in sunlight is the best...

CraigCam · Jan 1, 2019

I got a Samsung 8+ just for the Anafi. I love the way the app uses the dead space on the screen and moves things off the video feed. So far so good and it’s awesome for those panoramas as the internal stiching animates in google photos perfectly for full 360 viewing and VR headsets. Since I picked up this phone, I’ve really gotten into panoramas with this little bird and today our mountains have snow down to the valley floor so I’m out as soon a the clouds break!