Mavic Air 2 Drone — 10 Tips You Should Know Before You Buy…

I crashed her the first try but it was my fault…she’s a warrior!

Screenshot of my Mavic Air 2 Drone

I’ve owned the Mavic Air 2 for about a month now and I love it! I bought it for various reasons and would like to share what I think you should know before you buy one.

1. Check the below list to see if your cell phone will work as it might not be compatible. Mine wasn’t on the list so I bought the cheapest I could find which was the LG Stylo 5 which isn’t too bad.

You will also know your phone will not work if the app won’t download from the play store.

2. I was in the desert and had to get approval from the FAA. It only took a minute but the Mavic Air 2 you will have to register (takes 5 mins and cost $5). The Mavic Mini because of the weight doesn’t have to be registered.

3. Get the optional cell phone hood. It’s $29 but def helps with cell phone reflection.

4. Get the combo pack. The batteries alone are worth it.

5. DJI has good packaging. The drone was new and sealed nicely. The packaging reminds me of Apple, just a step-down, but nice.

6. I flew my drone on the first try. Thanks to youtube videos! I did crash her as I couldn’t see because of the glare on the cell phone. I got confused. She’s a tough cookie and wasn’t injured.

Flying the drone is eazy…just gotta know where she is!

7. Buy directly from the manufacturer https://www.dji.com/ I feel you will get a new drone. I think if you buy from Amazon you will probably get someone’s return.

8. Take your cell phone off sleep mode. You don’t want your phone to go black when you fly.

9. Get insurance. When you buy direct from DJI it’s cheaper than Bestbuy.

10. Update 11/17/20 the batteries are sucky! I will charge all day and they will read a 4 point charge and then when attached to the drone it goes to 3 points.

11. This is a great investment! Air photography wow! Up your photography game and get a drone! You can always pawn it if you need some money. I mean I don’t know for sure but I can imagine it’s pawnable.

CELL PHONE COMPATIBLE LIST DJI Fly / Mavic Air 2 / Mavic Mini

Compatible Phones

iPhone SE 2
iPhone 11 Pro Max
iPhone 11 Pro
iPhone 11 iPhone XR
iPhone XS
iPhone XS Max
iPhone X
iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone 8
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6s
Phone 6 Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone SE
iPhone 5s
iPad Mini 5
iPad Mini 4 (Some pilots said that this model is a bit slow and iPad mini 5 works better)
iPad 6th Generation (MR7F2CL/A)
iPad Pro（9.7-inch)
iPad Air 2（9.7-inch）
iPad Pro (10.5-inch)
iPad Pro 2018 (11-inch)
iPad Pro (12.9-inch)
New iPad Pro (11-inch)

DJI won’t test every single qualified phone in the market, it only tests those who have a relatively larger market share.

Samsung Galaxy S20
Samsung Galaxy S10
Samsung Galaxy S10+ Samsung Galaxy Fold Samsung
Galaxy A20 Samsung
Galaxy A71
Samsung Galaxy A20e
Samsung S9+
Samsung S9
Samsung S8
Samsung S7
Samsung S7
Edge Samsung S6 (Note: One of our readers had control problems flying with this model: SM-G920W8, not sure if it’s a common problem, please test it before flying)
Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Note 8
Samsung Note 5
Samsung A8 (2018)
Samsung A70
Samsung A50
Samsung A7
Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 (SM-T830)
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 10.5″
Huawei Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Huawei Mate 30
Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Huawei P30 Pro
Huawei P30
Huawei P20 Pro
Huawei P20
Huawei P10 Plus
Huawei P10
Huawei Mate 10 Pro
Huawei Mate 10
Huawei nova 5
Huawei nova 4
Huawei nova 3e
Huawei nova 2
Honor 9
Honor 9x
Honor 10
Huawei Honor 8X
Huawei Honor V10
Huawei Honor 20 Pro
Huawei Honor Magic 2
Honor 20 lite
Honor View 20
Huawei P10 lite
Huawei P Smart 2018 (model: FIG-LX1)
Huawei Mediapad M3
Huawei Mediapad T5 (2019)
Huawei MediaPad M5 Tablet 8.4″
Xiaomi Mi 10 Mi 8 Mi MIX 2S Mi MIX 2
Xiaomi Mi Max 3 (Android 9.0)
Redmi Note 5
Redmi 5 Plus 4GB / 64GB
Pocophone F1
Xiaomi Elephone S7
Xaiomi Mi 9 Lite OPPO
Find X2 Pro
Find 2
Find X R15 F9
Pro ax5 OnePlus
Oneplus 8 Pro
Oneplus 8
OnePlus 7
OnePlus 6T
OnePlus 6 (model A6003)
OnePlus 5 Google Pixel 4XL Pixel 4 Pixel 3 XL Pixel 2 XL Pixel 2 Pixel XL Pixel 3A Pixel
LG LG G6 LG V-20 LG G7 LG G7 ThinQ LG G8 LG V30 LG V40 ThinQ LG V40 Slim Q LG V50 LG Nexus 5X
LG Stylo 5
Vivo
Vivo NEX
Vivo X27
Vivo X21
Vivo X20A
Vivo V11 Pro (Tested by Mavic mini users)
Vivo Y83 (Tested by Mavic mini users)
Others
Sony Xpeial 1
Sony Experia
Sony XPERIA XZ1
Sony Z5 compact (64bit)
Sony Xperia Z2 Compact (H8324, Android 9)
Sony Xperia Z4 Motorola X4 (XT1900–1)
Motorola G7
Motorola Moto G7 Power ( model XT1955–2 )
Moto G7
Optimo Maxx (XT1955DL) BQ
Aquaris X2
Lenovo K5 Note
Lenovo Tab 4 Plus
Blackberry key 2 HTC U 11 Plus
Asus Zenfone
Max M1
Xiaomi mi pad 3
Nokia 6.1 Plus
Nokia 5.1 Plus (3gb RAM/32gb ROM, Android 9.0 64bit version)

DJI Fly Incompatible List (Update Regularly)
Motorola Moto Z Play
Motorola Moto Z3 Play
Motorola Moto G5
Motorola Moto G5 Plus
Motorola Moto G6
Motorola Moto G4
Samsung A3
Samsung A5
Samsung A10
LG Stylo 4
LG V35
LG K40
LG V20 (It’s not compatible when updating to Android 8.0)
LG X power 2 LG Q7
Lenovo 7
Lenovo 8
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact
Samsung J7 2016
Samsung J7 Refine
Samsung A6+ Android 9.0 64GB
Samsung J6
Samsung J4+ Samsung J7 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
Samsung Tab A 8″ (SM-T290NZKAXAR)
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019)
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (2014)
Huawei Y6
Huawei Y5 2019
Huawei Ascend XT2
Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet
UMIDIGI A3 Pro