GoPro Will Reportedly Make Their Own Drones

GoPros and consumer-grade drones go together like peanut butter and chocolate. I guess it makes sense that GoPro will start churning out little fliers next year.

The news comes from the Wall Street Journal, which tweeted this.

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The WSJ reports that the drones will be multi-rotor copters, aiming for pricing from $500 to $1000.

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GoPro didn't officially admit to any drone-making plans, only giving this to the WSJ.

In an email, a GoPro spokesman said the company's users are already producing "jaw-dropping GoPro footage recorded from quadcopters," or drones. He added, "Earlier this year, to study the policy implications and to protect the rights of our users, GoPro joined the Washington-based Small UAV Coalition," a drone advocacy group.

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The question that the WSJ brings up that we may be looking forward to some kind of drone-compatibility war next year.

San Mateo, Calif.-based GoPro is already a supporting player in the drone market, providing many of the roughly 3 oz. cameras that consumer drones carry. But GoPro may be hedging against a business it could be losing; the world's biggest consumer drone maker, SZ DJI Technology Co. of China, recently started selling devices that come with its own in-house cameras. Other drone makers could stop supporting GoPro devices if they are competing head-to-head with the camera maker.

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I, for one, can't wait for ceaseless Playstation vs Xbox-style arguments over camera/drone packages on consumer electronics forums.

Look forward to your neighbor's kid crashing into your yard soon!

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