Mini 3
DJIReleased May 1, 2022 · Analysis updated Aug 5, 2026
Lightweight drone with long battery life, great image quality, and vertical shooting for easy aerial photography. The DJI Mini 3 scores 87/100 based on 39 expert reviews in the drones category. Coverage includes reviews from Stuff, Pocket-lint, Videomaker, and Thephoblographer.
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Pros
- Lightweight design(32)
- Long battery life(26)
- Great image quality(21)
- Vertical shooting(17)
- Easy to use(15)
Cons
- Limited features(24)
- High price(16)
- Poor build quality(10)
- No obstacle avoidance(5)
39 Publication Reviews
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is easily the best sub-250g drone on the market, offering excellent obstacle detection, great image performance, and easy flight in a portable package.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is our new favourite drone. It's got almost all the features you could want from DJI's larger drones but is shrunken down into a tiny and lightweight form factor.
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The DJI Mini 3 is the best first drone to buy, period.
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For the price point, the DJI Mini 3 is a great buy.
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The DJI Mini 3 is a game-changing drone with excellent camera quality, impressive flight time, and affordable pricing that stands out as a remarkable bargain.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a highly capable, lightweight drone with excellent image quality and battery life, making it ideal for travel and content creation.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is described as a game changer that offers professional features in the smallest package possible, making it the best on the market right now.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is described as the reviewer's go-to quadcopter 95% of the time, offering excellent travel flexibility, good flight time, and image quality at a reasonable price point.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is the perfect drone for photographers, especially wedding photographers, being small, dead easy to fly and performing sublimely even for a total novice pilot.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a game-changer for professional videographers, offering exceptional quality and features in a compact, beginner-friendly package.
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DJI's Mini 3 Pro is the new king of the lightweight drones.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a compact drone that punches well above its weight, offering excellent image quality and advanced features in a sub-250g package.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a compact drone with excellent camera capabilities, including improved low-light performance and 4K 60fps video, making it a top choice for casual and professional users alike.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is surprisingly easy to fly with excellent video quality and intelligent flight modes that make capturing professional-looking footage simple.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro would be an impressive drone even if it crossed the 249g threshold (it can if used with the optional bigger battery).
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a high-quality drone in a tiny package that brings countless improvements to the Mini form factor with a better camera and gimbal system, extended battery life, more stable fligh...
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is one of the most impressive small drones DJI has ever made, redefining what's possible in a sub-250 g package with powerful imaging, intelligent flight systems, and creative shoot...
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a perfect drone under 250g weight that the reviewer loves for its tiny size, effortless flying, and ability to capture super footage.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro redefines expectations for sub-250g drones with comprehensive upgrades across virtually every aspect of the design.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is an excellent beginner drone that offers professional-level features and video quality at a reasonable price point.
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DJI achieved something amazing by combining the best features of two drones into a lightweight, packable, and very capable flying wonder.
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Get the DJI Mini 3 Pro if you're looking for a tiny and very capable drone that can shoot vertical video.
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The DJI Mini 3 is a good choice for novice drone pilots who want to record impressive images without needing a drone license, offering smooth videos, high image quality, and easy control.
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The Mini 3 Pro is a massive upgrade to the Mini 2, but it also costs a lot more.
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The DJI Mini 3 is an excellent entry-level drone, and for most casual drone pilots, is worth considering over the more expensive Mini 3 Pro.
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The DJI Mini 3 offers excellent value at $469 with significant upgrades over the Mini 2, though it lacks some advanced features found on the more expensive Mini 3 Pro.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a terrific, tiny package that'll open up new perspectives, and worth having in your kit.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is described as 'the perfect drone for social media influencers and start-up cinematographers' with excellent performance, camera quality, and features in a lightweight package.
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The DJI Mini 3 is an excellent choice for beginner drone pilots, prioritizing portability, ease of use, and image quality.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a fantastic, capable drone that suits the needs of landscape photographers who want fewer flight restrictions while still maintaining good image quality.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a lightweight, feature-rich drone with excellent camera quality and advanced safety features, making it a great choice for both beginners and experienced users.
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The DJI Mini 3 is an enticing choice for eager drone pilots willing to sacrifice the obvious safety benefits of collision avoidance for a more affordable model.
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The DJI Mini 3 Pro exceeds all expectations of a drone that's this portable, offering exceptional video and flight performance for such a small drone.
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The DJI Mini 3 makes an attractive choice for beginner pilots with its 248g take-off weight ensuring trouble-free flying in most areas.
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The new DJI Mini 3 Pro is much improved over its predecessor and easily the best sub-250 gram drone around.
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The DJI Mini 3 is a lightweight drone with nearly 40 minutes of battery life and a clever 4K30 video camera that shoots landscape and vertical video, making it an appealing option for dedicated creato...
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The DJI Mini 3 is a modernized entry-level drone that offers noticeable image quality improvements and longer flight times, though it lacks the advanced features of the Pro model.
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The DJI Mini 3 is a capable drone with good low-light performance and long battery life, but lacks safety features like obstacle avoidance that make the Pro version worth the extra cost.
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