The Inspire 1 and the Phantom 3 are both fantastic tools and certainly can both produce "professional" results. ie results capable of being used in marketing campaigns etc. But to say they both have the same capability is simply not true. One of the most useful features of the Inspire is beautifully smooth camera movements over 360 degrees, not just one plane. This allows camera follows (usually done by the second operator) that cannot be done with the Phantom. Just as an example, hover directly over a subject , point the camera straight down and then spin the camera sideways for a beautifully unique shot. There are many of these types of shots that cannot be done by the Phantom. A transverse to overhead pan whilst flying past a subject is not possible with the Phantom etc. etc. The fact that the landing gear goes up and out of the way to facilitate the 360 degree movement is priceless! And the ability to have a second operator control the camera whilst another flies is also a massive advantage. With a camera operator sitting and only concentrating at looking at a big monitor- controlling the camera, exposure, focus (with the X5), and all angles of the camera while someone else flies by looking at the aircraft and the monitor / telemetry is completely different to using the Phantom. The Inspire is a larger, heavier aircraft and whilst that makes it's flight times shorter per battery, it also makes it more stable and able to fly much better in anything but gentle winds. And when you get to strong winds, they are chalk and cheese with the Inspire being substantially more stable. I have had the Inspire in winds that were right at the limit of being able to fly against and not be blown away but the video was still beautifully stable. The Inspire also flies faster by quite a margin, and for motor sports this is a very useful. The Inspire is made of carbon fibre - the Phantom mainly plastic, and the Inspire has HDMI output for a host of uses including for the camera controller to view the live feed on a large screen which has to be seen to to see the massive advantage in framing shots. This of course can also facilitate a live feed for event shooting with the option of having no telemetry (just the video) for live broadcasts etc. And there is the facility to connect up to 6 slave remote controllers for large commercial shoots. And the various cameras that can be fitted to the Inspire is also a big advantage with the X5's interchangeable lenses, control of both shutter speed and aperture and even the capacity to use a remote focus device etc. making it a totally different proposition. There's probably more I can't remember at the moment, but to say that they are the same aircraft as the Phantom is simply not true. Having said that, I am not in any way "knocking" the Phantom - it is a fantastic UAV, and for any shoots that don't require any of the differences above, it will perform every bit as good as the Inspire. All I am saying is that to those who are saying they are the same machine and anyone who shells out the extra money has been ripped off - well, that's not true. They are different - the Inspire is a higher and more capable model than the Phantom, hence the extra cost. But if those extras are not what you need - then the Phantom is the best machine for you to buy - and it certainly does produce very good results.