Snap Pixy Review: Is the Selfie Mini-Drone Worth $230? | WSJ
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- A new flying camera designed to work with Snapchat, the Pixy lifts off from your hand and captures some pretty cool shots. WSJ’s Joanna Stern tested it out.
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Wow, I'm so happy to see so many videos from you recently, Joanna!! I've been watching your Personal Tech videos since I was 9 years old, and you're still my favourite tech TH-camr to this day!
20$ and I’ll buy it for my kid to play around 😂
I would pay a max of 40$ and will use it myself.
😂😂😂😂 real drone cost 500 😂😂😂😂
Can proudly say the similar product working will try to make available under $30.
one step at a time.. in the future there'd probably bug-sized drones buzzing around following you for hours
The problem with all this technologies is batteries just loke evs
This probably already exists
@@muammer276 yea, for the military there's Black Hornet, Fengniao and probably more..
@@Keyno77 But Batteries are getting better and better
Just look at electric Cars a few Years ago
Birds arent real!
Joanna's videos are always excellent and well produced - nice graphics too!
$230 would be too much, even if the video/pic quality was 'good' and you weren't tied to the Snapchat app. This thing straight up isn't worth 50 bucks.
A personal drone that costs as much or more than other drones on the market and is locked into an app that reports your location, activity, and everyone around you to back to the company and likely to their chinese stockholder Tencent.
Hard pass.
Lol 100%
Bing chilling
Very expensive for low capability
the price comes from the software not the hardware...
at this point you'd be better off getting a DJI drone... much more you can do with that
Cool aftermarket product, but extremely incomplete. What feels like a “need” to buy extra batteries is where this turns me away.
Great. A new way for main-characters to enhance their nuisance upon the public.
video quality is straight out of 2013
Just like the app
How is it only $70 cheaper than the dji mini SE 💀
Software
Just safe $70 and then u have a way better drone
for someone recording their own music videos or social media content, this is actually pretty clutch. It’s made for the Snapchat app sure, but just export the video files. I can totally see myself using this. Much cheaper than hiring a videographer
I was thinking the same thing! But to shoot a music video with it u might need multiple batteries considering how she said it only last 3-4 mins on one charge 🔋
sure, if you want your music video to look like it was filmed on a potato.
The level of human narcissism has reached new heights. Figuratively and literally.
@EVIL TRICKING no, so no need to get triggered. Btw. Narcissism is in the Websters. Try googling it. 🤣🤣😉
Better get your Part 107 license if you want to fly one of these drones. Sorry influencers, it's not a toy, it's a drone and regardless of size, if you post any pics using it to make money in any way you are required to get a license from the FAA. Look it up.
Too bad
Idc about the tree to four minutes, I care more about record time. Let me record the full flight time. Then I could edit it down!
I'm wondering what made Wall Street Journal decide to make this video? sponsor video?
Yassss jojo stern back at it again
finally. been waiting for selfie drones forever
Always a good time with Joanna!
This is just the beginning. Next models there'll be microphones, longer lasting batteries, more stable flights in wind and better picture quality.
Come on this is cool af.wait until it's upgraded or more companies begin to make these
Technology! Super cool. It will only get better.
idc about the audio since there is no realistic way it could achieve good microphone recording with those blade motors spinning. But if they made a 4k version of this with a good lens and battery i would gladly shell out double and maybe triple the price tag. This is such a cool product. I love it. But it doesn't seem like snapchat is ever going to great high quality versions of these experiments. I own snap's glasses which i loved, but the same situation.. bad battery, clips are too short. I love that they made more versions for different shaped glass lens but its been like 5 years now and no real upgrades. Perhaps Snap is not the champ to take on this type of product given their poor support and innovation in their other gadgets. They are going way too minimum for an MVP in the era of technology we are in. But i am so happy they tried and at least pushed this idea out. Can't wait for a indoor-friendly, at least 60min battery, 4k resolution, Ultra wide lens, support for lens filters version of this. at a sexy price $500-$1k
I lile how honest Jonna is.... but such a let down cuz the "pixy" looked great in the commercoslc...
“…really unique…” (Usage error.)
I love the product, already order one!
Love mine. Find that it compliments my DJI drones.
how did you get it
As a professional drone pilot, this has some potential but ultimately probably will flop. Could of course be wrong tho
Does it come back to you on the "Reveal" mode ?? Or do you have to go get it after it finishes the movement
3:09
puppy: not today satan
I for one welcome the tiny drone army into our lives. [please don't kill me, remember I was the nice guy who welcomed you]
Snapchat basically slapped their logo on a cheap Walmart drone 🤦♂️💀
More unrecycled plastic for landfill in 3, 2, 1...
I will consider this if only it costs 20$.
How cool!
Snap calling the resolution 2.7k is so dumb. I despise that marketing gimmick. Just say 1520p. Yeah greater than hd if HD is 1080p. But just feels like a way they try to fool the consumer into thinking it's better. Most phone external cameras shoot better than that...
Love you Joanna
You had me until you said 3 minutes on battery
230 bucks? yeah, I'm good. Maybe a gimmick for rich kids who will use this then discard it after a couple of months
Geez if you want to throw your money away, by all means do it. I'd rather take your money off your hands. You can actually buy a controllable drone with a radio and box goggles for around the same price. Plus you'll learn a skill.
GoPro needs to do something like this....
Joanna out in nature again
good one
I saw the idea for this on shark tank years ago
Good thing Fanny packs are coming back in style lol
Very cool!🙂
i really want there to be a 2nd or even 3rd generation of this
They canceled it
Oh I thought this was a case for your phone
wsj complaining about $230. says that you can get news for cheaper rate
I can see something very similar being deployed with Police. An extra eye to record from a third person angle that could also be sent to patrol a house, look in windows, yadda yadda.
Quando Essas tecnologias chegaram no Brasil kkk
Great idea, but product quality could be better
I wanna this 😍
For the narcissist who has everything and nothing better to do.
what could they have done to give it more battery?
increase size and weight
Yall need some humility...
320 canadian is a lot for something that can't detect obstacles. And 3minutes of flytime.
so basically it's garbage like the snap chat glasses lol. The price is a tad high. Should be like $150 tops. Would be nice if you can control it with a snap chat drone app.
Have you found a reason to fight yet? Buddy.
Camera quality looks terrible
$230 ?
Not a bad first attempt but this isn't going to take off, pun intended. Until they improve it.
No thnx
Spend a little more money you can
Buy the DJI drone mini and it does way more.
Such a waste of money! Get a real drone!
Wow they really released this? No wonder I didn't hear about it and it got canceled.
Quality is horrible, worse then a flip phone camera and it wobbles.
Je vous déconseille de l’acheter il a une fail si le calibrage et fait sans que le drone vous le demande il se bloque ! Snapchat n’a aucune solution à ce problème!
Snap chat's ultimate narcissist flying machine! Darwin is gonna have a field day when this hits the stores.
3 minutes of battery life wow 😬
Yeah that's so not worth 230. 😕 thanks for the heads up
So snap chat gets a library of personal movies of you that it owns. Hmmmmm! You have to download it from them. You don’t own your own movies....ever.
Read the small print carefully.
Funny funny funny just tell us when we need to absolutely not leave home without this device oh I'll wait
3 min a charge, $250... that's gunna be a no for me dog
Imagine it jus flies away never to return 💀
If you're using it to make money do you have to get your Part 107 certification? WAY overpriced.
Yes you do
Not bad but absolutely doesn't deserve 200+ dollars, its an undeveloped toy
⚠️JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON. BELIEVE IN HIM. JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN⚠️
Or alternatively, just buy a drone.
Is funny how I had this idea years ago, I used to go to the gym and hated taking pictures of myself to track my progress. The only difference is, mine is better but I don't have the money that company has😭
Didn’t answer the question in the title so I’ll say it : not worth it. Image quality is trash, no sound and battery dies quick.
Fanny
It a childish joke
Why just why?
It's not foldable so it's way to big for. taking it on a bike ride....
Good thing there is no mic. All you'd hear is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
The perfect little adventure camera. No Adventure-No Life.
No this thing is horrible lol
No it’s not, you can get a proper nice drone for about £30 more with much better video quality and better stabilisation
Waiting for China 😁
just get a Mavic mini
Halfway through this video and it this piece of tech sounds way too problematic and underwhelming for the price.
Or buy a DJI drone
Wow I can eat for a month on that money
This has got to be the worst tech release from a major US tech company
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Gang
There’s gonna be a bunch of weirdos using it
will wait for china copies in couple of months . maybe cost for only 10$ 🤣
I stopped watching at hearing this is $230 .
The video quality is terrible!