Sony will discontinue its expensive Airpeak S1 digicam drone in March

Sony announced that it’s going to cease promoting the Airpeak S1 digicam drone. Gross sales of the product will finish on March 31, 2025. Sony may also cease promoting many of the drone’s equipment subsequent yr, however substitute batteries and propellers will probably be out there till March 31, 2026. Inspections, repairs and software program upkeep will proceed by means of March 31, 2030.

The Airpeak S1 was initially introduced throughout a digital presentation at CES in 2021. The drone was supposed to seize high-definition footage with Sony’s full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens Alpha cameras. It may fly for 12 minutes with a digicam hooked up and achieved a max flight velocity of 55.9mph. Whereas the high-end drone would set patrons again about $9,000 even earlier than shopping for equipment, it had middling to flat-out negative evaluations.