DJI Avata 360 Confirmed In Two Versions: The 4G Model That Won’t Work Outside China

Ten days before the March 26 launch, a product database listing surfaced on X this afternoon showing something nobody had broken out yet: the DJI Avata 360 comes in two distinct hardware versions. Model DVN3NT is the standard drone. Model DVN3XT is the 增强图传 variant — DJI’s “Enhanced Transmission” designation, meaning a built-in 4G cellular module. Italian drone tester Mauro Tandoi (@MauroTandoi) posted the listing at 1:06 PM today and confirmed that pre-release testers in Italy already have the DVN3XT in hand. The problem: it doesn’t work.

That non-working 4G module is not a bug. It’s a pattern.

Here’s what this confirmation means before launch day.

• Two SKUs confirmed: DVN3NT (standard) and DVN3XT (built-in 4G/Enhanced Transmission), both listed under the official product name “DJI Avata 360.”
• The 4G version is hardware-locked to China. Italian testers already have the DVN3XT but report the module is non-functional — mirroring the exact same situation that plagued the Mavic 4 Pro cellular dongle at launch.
• US buyers won’t see DVN3XT at all. Only DVN3NT cleared FCC authorization (FCC ID: SS3-DVN3NT, approved November 19, 2025). The 4G variant was never filed with the FCC — and after DJI’s December 22 Covered List designation, it can’t be.
• Source: Mauro Tandoi on X, confirmed by Chinese product registry listing showing both model numbers side by side.

The DVN3NT vs DVN3XT Split: What Each Model Actually Is

The DVN3NT is the drone DroneXL has been tracking since November 2025, when Jasper Ellens first broke the FCC filing. It carries standard OcuSync 4 transmission with up to 20km range, pairs with the DJI Goggles N3 and RC Motion 3, and is the version headed to retail shelves globally on April 9.

The DVN3XT is something different. The Chinese designation 增强图传 translates directly to “Enhanced Video Transmission” — DJI’s internal name for its hybrid OcuSync + 4G LTE system. Rather than an external dongle added to the aircraft, the DVN3XT builds the cellular module directly into the drone’s body. DJI used this same naming convention for the DJI Mini 5 Pro 增强图传, which has a built-in cellular module as a distinct hardware SKU rather than an accessory add-on.

The practical difference matters: when OcuSync signal degrades — behind a building, at long range, in a congested RF environment — the 4G link kicks in automatically and keeps the video feed and control link alive. For professional operators flying in urban environments or beyond visual line of sight where permitted, that redundancy is meaningful. At this point it remains unclear what price premium the DVN3XT carries over the DVN3NT.

DJI’s 4G Regional Lock Pattern Has Shown Up Before

If today’s reports from Italian testers sound familiar, they should. The Mavic 4 Pro launched with a DJI Cellular Dongle 3 bundled into China-market packages, and European pilots quickly discovered the feature was server-side locked to mainland China only. Forum threads on MavicPilots document users getting the “not enabled for my region” error message in France, Germany, Italy, the UK. Some found that downgrading to the original firmware (version 0.0000) re-enabled the dongle, but DJI pushed updates that disabled it again. The workaround was temporary; the regional lock was not.

The Avata 360 DVN3XT is playing out identically on day one of pre-release testing. The hardware is physically present. The software is geo-fenced. Testers in Italy, per Tandoi’s own reply thread, can hold the drone, turn it on, and watch the 4G toggle refuse to activate.

Franky (@TheXFranky) summarized it correctly in the replies: it’s the same situation as the Mavic 4 Pro and the DJI Cellular Tech 4G Dongle — hardware that shipped to Europe but couldn’t be switched on there.

The US Picture: DVN3XT Was Never An Option

American pilots can set aside any DVN3XT questions. As we covered in detail in our FCC approval analysis, only DVN3NT appears in the FCC database — authorized November 19, 2025, one day before DJI’s authorization window effectively closed. The DVN3XT carries 4G cellular hardware that requires its own FCC certification process. DJI’s addition to the Covered List on December 22 means no new authorizations are possible. The 4G Avata 360 is a China-and-possibly-select-European-markets product. Full stop.

What US buyers do get is everything tied to DVN3NT: dual 1/1.1-inch CMOS sensors, 8K 360-degree video, the tiltable camera module that switches between 360 and standard FPV mode, OcuSync 4 at 20km range, and the replaceable lens system Jasper Ellens first broke on March 6. The pricing DroneXL published on March 15 — drone-only at roughly $496 based on the €459 European listing — applies to the standard model.

DroneXL’s Take

The DVN3XT confirmation is not a surprise if you’ve been watching DJI’s cellular rollout strategy. DJI has consistently treated 4G Enhanced Transmission as a China-first feature with cautious expansion to Europe, and it has consistently launched hardware capable of the feature before enabling it regionally. The Mini 5 Pro followed this pattern. The Mavic 4 Pro followed this pattern. Now the Avata 360 follows it.

What’s worth watching is whether European availability follows. DJI’s existing cellular dongle support covers most of the EU plus the UK. The question is whether the DVN3XT gets a software unlock for those markets at launch, a few months later, or never — which is the Mavic 4 Pro outcome that’s still frustrating European operators.

For the US, this is a non-story in terms of buying decisions. But it’s a useful reminder of what the FCC Covered List actually costs American pilots in practical terms: not just future DJI products, but features within current products that require new regulatory approvals to activate. The Avata 360 that lands in US retail is a capable drone. It’s also a drone with a hardware variant that American pilots can’t access, regulated out of existence before it ever shipped.

By the time the April 9 global release rolls out, expect the DVN3XT availability question to be one of the sharper regional divides in this launch. Watch for DJI’s regional product pages — if the 4G variant shows up in European listings at a price premium, that’s when the Mavic 4 Pro comparison becomes the story, not the footnote.

Editorial Note: AI tools were used to assist with research and archive retrieval for this article. All reporting, analysis, and editorial perspectives are by Haye Kesteloo.