GoPro is Reportedly Developing its Own Line of Consumer Drones

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Consumer drones could cost around $500 - $1,000

The drone market is increasing both for consumers and large businesses. After all, Amazon is looking to employ drones to deliver packages while smaller businesses develop consumer drones such as the Nixie. But according to unnamed sources who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, GoPro is developing its own line of consumer drones.
Sources familiar with the company’s plans said that it will start to sell drones equipped with high-definition cameras late in 2015 and that GoPro is looking to retail the device between $500 and $1,000. If true, GoPro’s plan to enter into the drone market is an interesting and logical one. Several drone makers have been using the company’s GoPro’s camera for their own camera-mounted drones for a while now. However, drone makers such as Parrot have packaged their own cameras.
Parrot is a company that has been at the forefront of the drone market since it started selling its product in 2010. During the third quarter of this year, it has sold $24.2 million in consumer drones which is up 38 percent from the same time period as last year. It is a fair indication of an increasing demand of drones which has caused the Federal Aviation Administration to amend its regulations in order to ban commercial use of drones over stadiums and large public events.
So far, GoPro has yet to confirm or deny their plans to enter the drone market.
If it turns out to be true, what do you think of GoPro developing and selling drones to consumers?
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