Yeah, looks like it … can’t think of any other purpose.
In the photo below, it shows the gimbal is attached only on one side, and that’s likely because it supports vertical shooting. It looks a lot like my Pocket 2 gimbal. Perhaps this is why it needs extra protection on the sides 
Not a very aerodynamic design is it 
The front looks pig ugly … like the pug of drones.
But as long as it’s an improvement on the Mini 2, I don’t mind. All I want from this is better dynamic range.
I remember thinking this about the frog looking Air2S but it grew on me and I now own one.
Not sure it’s going to be the case with this monstrosity 
I’m guessing without it, it would look odd (er)
Let’s keep focus on function! 
If the ugly round thing helps protect the gimbal in a crash, it can look as ugly AF and it’s still good in my books Having the gimbal controlled by just one arm will save weight but make it more vulnerable in a crash… Some actual camera specs would be nice… 
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I guess if you crash and snap the gimbal arm you can just switch it to the other side 
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The Mini 2 gimbal is plastic, but the Pocket 2 gimbal is metal - so may actually be as heavy - if not heavier. But I can confirm how solid it is.
I am sure I read a rumour somewhere that the Mini 3 camera will be the same as the Pocket 2. I hope so, as the image/video quality is far superior to the Mini 2. Not just because it shoots 4K/60, but it’s f/1.8 aperture and great dynamic range.
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Birds in the sky might ignore an ugly drone more than say a pretty one lol
To be honest I don’t care how ugly it is, so long as it performs better than the one it is replacing and comes with the features we wanted
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True. And if I lose it again, someone might decide not to pick it up and do a runner with it
A bit of a shame it has different batteries to the Mini and Mini 2. On the plus side, they have 200mah or 11% more capacity - which hopefully means even longer flight times. Current advertised flight time for Mini 2 is 31 minutes, so potentially this increases to 35 minutes
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Will the extra battery not just get eaten up by the added sensors and electronics? Also if im correct the mini2 comes in a bit under 250g? I would imaging this drone will be knocking right on that door. So added weight will also be a factor?
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I can’t comment about the extra juice these new obstacle avoidance sensors use - but surely it’s not 11% of the battery.
As for the weight, the Mini 2 is about 242g, and even if the Mini 3 is 249g … that’s a max of 2.8% heavier, which I doubt would warrant an extra 11% battery capacity. Equally, my Mini 2 with 3 crees is over 250g, and I see no noticable difference in flight time.
I think the Mini 3 will have a longer advertised flight time, as is the way of each new release. That said, we know it is only the ‘advertised’ flight time - in reality we may only see an extra minute or so
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whats a crees
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See here
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loads on here using them on the Mini 2
Dji don’t allow customers to do things like that, cos it saves money for the customers… 