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Review: DJI’s Phantom 4 is so close to being the drone for everyone, but it’s not quite there

In a dusty field on the edge of New York, I stood across from a dangerous, shifty thing that would cut me up if it hit me. Like the toreadors in a Hemingway novel, I met my fate with dignity as the pointy beast charged at me. But thankfully, my reflexes were never put to the test, and I was spared. That’s because I wasn’t facing up against a raging bull, but DJI’s latest drone, the all-seeing Phantom 4.

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