HoverAir X1 Pro and Promax: folding, self-flying 4K and 8K drones with modular controllers

The HoverAir X1 Promax. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge The HoverAir X1 wasn’t your traditional drone. People who have little interest in piloting, like my colleague Thomas Ricker, use the highly crash-resistant self-flying $350 camera to easily get aerial video just by pressing two buttons. But it’s not particularly high-quality video, it’s not particularly fast, and you can’t fly it far away even if you wanted to.That’s where the new HoverAir X1 Pro and X1 Proma