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The personal drone market is booming

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Sales of personal drones around the world reached $1.7 billion in 2016, up 55% from $1.1 billion in 2015.

Published May 31, 2017 | Photo by Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann

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Growth should continue, with global sales reaching an estimate of $4.6 billion in 2020.

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Much of that money will go to DJI, the Chinese company that dominates two-thirds of the personal drone market.

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Next month it will launches it cheapest and smallest product yet, the Spark, at $499, that is supposed to be easy enough for anyone to fly.

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