Many friends expressed their interests since DJI launched Phantom 4 Pro. However, some were paying special attention to the battery of Phantom 4 Pro.
The capacity of Phantom 4 battery is 5350mA, the flight time of Phantom 4 is 28min; while the capacity of Phantom 4 Pro battery is 5870mAh, flight time of P4P is around 30min. So we used P4 battery on P4P and P4P battery on P4.
Theoretically, when Phantom 4 uses the battery of Phantom 4 Pro (with 520mAh more), it should be able to fly longer. Since P4 and P4P have different weights, the battery level does not follow linear change. Here is test result:
Test environment: outdoor, breeze
Test method: P Mode, with forward and downward vision, hover without recording or taking photos until it is forced to land with low battery.
As you can see:
P4 battery（theoretically 5350mAh） P4P battery（theoretically 5870mAh）
P4 26’’ 02’ 29’’24’
P4P 25’’42’ 27’’56’
If you are paying enough attention to picture above, you will find battery level and the number of charge/discharge cycle. As a battery goes through more cycles, its capacity will drop. The capacity could be little higher than official number. So for all Phantom 4 Pro batteries tested, we tried to keep the capacity difference smaller than 100mAh.
With similar wear rates, we found a Phantom 4 can fly around 30mins with a P4P battery, extending the flight time by 3 minutes; while a Phantom 4 Pro flies about 26mins with Phantom 4 battery inside.
Phantom 4 Pro battery costs $10 more, but extends Phantom 4’s flight time by more than 2 minutes. If you have got a Phantom 4 and want to stick with it, it’s quite a bargain to buy some P4P batteries.
If you plan to buy Phantom 4 (aircraft and one P4 battery) with $1099, you may want to add 2 more P4P batteries. Total cost is: $1099+$169*2=$1437 , making it much cheaper than P4P.
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