A leaked DJI Neo 3 marketing sheet lists a square 1/1.1-inch camera sensor, the same size and shape DJI put in the Osmo Action 6 last November. Leaker Igor Bogdanov posted the photo of the printed sheet on X on October 1, with the feature lines in Chinese and French.

The French side spells out what the sensor is for: native vertical shooting and 2x lossless zoom. The rest of the sheet covers palm takeoff and landing with one-hand gesture control, high-speed ActiveTrack with automatic camera moves, omnidirectional obstacle detection, the DJI RC Mini controller, SelfieShot 2.0, and fast startup with quick file transfer.

The DJI Neo 2 shoots on a 12MP 1/2-inch sensor and weighs 151 grams. The production listing Bogdanov surfaced on September 21 puts the Neo 3 at 192.7 grams.

The Square Sensor Is the Osmo Action 6’s, and It Explains the Vertical Shooting Line

The Osmo Action 6 launched on November 18, 2025 with a 1/1.1-inch square CMOS sensor behind an f/2.0 to f/4.0 variable aperture. A square sensor records portrait or landscape at full resolution without rotating the camera, which is what the Neo 3 sheet’s native vertical shooting line describes.

Shawn from Air Photography called it “not a full 1-inch sensor, but it’s pretty close” in his Osmo Action 6 review for DroneXL, and showed the aspect ratio being switched in the camera’s settings rather than by remounting it. On a drone, the same trick means a vertical TikTok clip and a horizontal YouTube clip from the same flight, both at full pixel count, with no gimbal rotation hardware.

Lossless zoom on DJI’s recent consumer drones is a sensor crop, and the Neo 2’s 1/2-inch sensor had no zoom listed at all. Whether the Neo 3 keeps the Action 6’s variable aperture is not on the sheet. Neither is a video resolution, a bitrate, or a flight time.

The Rest of the Sheet Matches the September Box Leaks, and the US Is Still Out

Nothing on the sheet contradicts the retail box Bogdanov leaked in September, and it names the same RC Mini. The RC Mini got its FCC grant on December 19, 2025. The Neo 3 itself has no FCC grant, so it cannot be sold in the United States.

The box back DroneXL went through on September 20 listed the RC Mini and three batteries and dropped the Neo 2’s separate transceiver module. The sheet’s fast startup and quick transfer line fits a drone with the radio built in. The Chinese line on obstacle avoidance reads “upgraded again,” DJI’s framing for a system the Neo 2 already carries in omnidirectional form.

Notebookcheck reported the 192.7 gram weight from a production listing dated September 21, 2026, roughly 28 percent over the Neo 2. The listing is Bogdanov’s, as is the spec sheet, so the weight and the sensor rest on the same leaker. His September record on this drone is good: the one Neo 3 image that fell apart last month was recycled box art with AI-drawn battery vents, and it did not come from him. The sheet gives no price and no launch date, and DJI has not announced the Neo 3 on any of its channels.

DroneXL’s Take

My read is that DJI didn’t design a camera for the Neo 3. It reached into the Action 6 parts bin and pulled out a sensor it already makes at scale, which is how a 193 gram beginner drone ends up with a chip larger than the Mini 4 Pro’s 1/1.3-inch sensor. The square format is the tell: that sensor exists because action-camera buyers shoot vertical, and DJI is betting Neo buyers do too. For a first drone aimed at phone-first shooters, that is the right bet. The 42 grams it costs over the Neo 2 are the only price on the sheet, and under 250 g they change nothing for the buyer. DJI never launched the Neo 2 in the US, the Neo 3 has no FCC grant to launch on, and the sensor that makes this one worth buying is the one US beginners will read about and not fly.

Sources: Igor Bogdanov (@Quadro_News) on X, Notebookcheck, DJI Osmo Action 6 specs

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