A sneak peek of RED's Hydrogen one

If you know anything about cameras you might have heard of RED at some point. RED is a company that makes some of best-rated video cameras and sensors.

 

Basically, if you’re looking for best, highest resolution sensor around for whatever project you’re working on and you want modularity (perhaps literally), you might be able to pick up something like the award winning RED HELIUM 8K S35 WEAPON Brain that can record 8K videos at 60 frames per second, which is a overkill as we do not have any display supporting the 8K though.

RED is known for making top notch professional hardware used even in movies. The company has never made an affordable product so far. Now we’re finally getting our first hands-on look at RED’s Hydrogen One thanks to Marques Brownlee(MKBHD).

 

As expected, the Hydrogen One is unique. Brownlee had opportunity to gets his hands on three separate prototypes during his time with RED, including a fit and finish model without a working display, a model that didn’t look like the final product but did feature a working holographic display, and a second fit and finish model that had a modular attachment similar to Moto Mods.

For those unaware, RED has been teasing the RED Hydrogen One for a while now. The Hydrogen One is a dual-camera smartphone with RED claiming an allegedly ground-breaking 3D holographic display, but hold on RED makes nothing affordable. The device is said to be coming in two variants, an aluminium-bodied one for $1,195 and a titanium-bodied one for $1,595.

The holographic display is a 5.7-inch unit that RED claims can give you a glassless 3D experience and even let you “look around” objects in a scene. This is certainly not the first time we’ve heard of “revolutionary” 3D technology as Nintendo has been doing it for years. However we expect RED to come with some revolutionary and jaw dropping technology to justify its price because RED usually delivers top notch hardware and experience.

YouTuber MKBHD was invited to RED’s HQ and had the opportunity to try the holographic display for himself. He also managed to get hands-on time with a non-functioning prototype of the unit about which he made a video about it.

As MKBHD points out in the video, the device is quite large and thick, but seems well-protected and easy to grip. The edges are contoured to allow for better grip and you even find Kevlar on the back surface.

 

A power button is placed on the right side of the device and it doubles as a fingerprint reader. Towards the bottom on the same side you’ll find a dedicated button for the camera. Volume buttons are on the left. Connectivity happens via USB-C, which is at the bottom, residing alongside a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

The back of the phone also features several contact points at the bottom. These will be used to attach various modules to the phone.

The speakers seem to be front-firing.

The details of the camera system are unknown, but RED believes that the final product will rival every other camera in the market that isn’t a RED product.

If you want to check the video by MKBHD click the link.

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