Size truly matters when it comes to current design issues on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - otherwise called drones. That's according to a top executive of DJI, one of the world's biggest names in drone technology.

Adam Najberg, DJI's Global Director of Communications, provided crucial implications for the company's next step for innovation.

He said, "Size is going to be an issue. Also ease of use," hinting that the company's looking into more portable drones as among its future products.

"If I can take it out of my jacket pocket and throw it up into the air, or just put it on the ground and push a button, and it goes up and it takes a photo...that's the kind of functionality," Najberg elaborated in an interview with Engadget.

DJI's most portable drone at the moment is the Phantom, although it is by no means pocket-sized. Nonetheless, the Phantom is portable enough to fit inside a backpack and its user-friendliness helps pave the way for prospective hand-held products from the company.

Another product that adds to speculations of a future pocket-sized DJI drone is the new Osmo Mobile gimbal. The new version of the company's stabilizing grip now uses the mobile phone itself as both the viewfinder and camera, contrary to previous versions that come pre-installed with a camera.

Given that DJI is currently expanding its consumer coverage beyond business and do-it-yourself applications, it appears logical to think that the company is moving forward to tap into the mainstream market. Portable drone technologies centered on the mobile phone might just be the answer.

With several technological breakthroughs relying on the mobile phone as their central command source, DJI is looking to develop drone technologies akin to how the likes of the Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard/Daydream, and several 360 cameras maximize the mobile phone's functionalities.

Watch DJI's Osmo Mobile feature here: