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RED Launches a $1,200 Smartphone With a 'Hydrogen Holographic Display' (phonedog.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the pretty-penny dept.

RED, a company known for its high-end $10,000+ cameras, is launching a smartphone called the RED Hydrogen One. Some of the features include a 5.7-inch "Hydrogen holographic display" capable of viewing holographic RED Hydrogen 4-View content, 3D content, and 2D/3D virtual-reality and augmented-reality content, a built-in H3O algorithm that can convert stereo sound into multi-dimensional audio, and support for modular components. PhoneDog reports: RED isn't really talking about any of the Hydrogen One's raw specs like its processor, camera resolution, RAM, or battery size. We do know that it runs Android and that it'll have a microSD slot, and we can see in RED's sole teaser image that the phone will also have a 3.5mm headphone jack and USB Type-C port. The RED Hydrogen One is currently slated to begin shipping in Q1 2018. If you're already sold on the device, you can pre-order an aluminum model for $1,195 or a titanium version of $1,595. RED does say that these prices will be available for a limited time only.

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  1. Veblen Good by rmdingler · · Score: 5, Funny
    In for a penny...

    you can pre-order an aluminum model for $1,195 or a titanium version of $1,595. RED does say that these prices will be available for a limited time only.

    I mean, who wouldn't cough up an extra four Benjamins for the Platinum upgrade?

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  2. Something doesn't smell right. by newcastlejon · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're interested in this I have a car-swallowing, lane-straddling bus to sell you.

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    1. Re:Something doesn't smell right. by Nethemas+the+Great · · Score: 2

      Not sure what to make of it. They appear to be a maker of obnoxiously expensive camera bodies and related for Hollywood. I'm still waiting to see why billionaire fools are dumping the huge sums they are into Magic Leap.

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    2. Re:Something doesn't smell right. by LeftCoastThinker · · Score: 4, Informative

      Actually, Red pioneered the affordable pro 3D camera space. These cameras are not hobbiest, they are professional grade, and have been used to shoot many of the blockbuster movies you have watched over the last few years (like the Hobbit trilogy). Their cameras were about 20% the price of the competition when they were introduced.

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    3. Re:Something doesn't smell right. by Cederic · · Score: 2

      I'm interested in this. I'd actually love to have a full RED digital video set up, I'm just short of the £120k it would cost to get all the bits I want.

      That's not because they're over-priced, it's because they're bloody excellent. Although I'd probably have to add another £20k in training to use it all effectively..

  3. Re:Hydrogen Holographic Display by dreamstateseven · · Score: 2

    Forget HD -- we're going HHD!

  4. Re:Hydrogen Holographic Display by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 2

    Little bit more info and slightly better photo (along with that shadowed one) here
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/07/red-teases-a-modular-1600-titanium-android-phone-with-a-3d-screen/
    Not sure what a "phonedog" is, but if it's what I think then I don't want the phone back...

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  5. The audiophile's choice in phones by Guillermito · · Score: 4, Funny

    This smartphone is the best choice for audiophiles since, unlike the iPhone, it does include a headphone jack. However, It's only compatible with this $1,494.75 audio cable: http://www.audiolab.com/audioq...

  6. Wait. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    I don't even know what this phone can actually do. The write up explains nothing. There are 10 different things "holographic" can mean. Meanwhile it claims to provide augmented reality, virtual reality and "four-view" content. What?

    And one stupid picture, and no demonstrations. Can we see it actually doing the things it claims to do, before blowing more than a thousand dollars on a phone?

  7. Battery life? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    30 seconds.
    Did you catch all of the heatsinking on the back?

    1. Re:Battery life? by sheramil · · Score: 2

      30 seconds. Did you catch all of the heatsinking on the back?

      Oh yeah.

      "The huge RED camera logo on the back is surrounded by more fins that are meant to evoke a heatsink (it would be pretty cool if these were functional)."

      Because you want the heat fins to be poking in to the palm of your hand.

  8. Suspicious by freeze128 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    RED is widely known for "affordable" 4K cameras, but I'm skeptical about this phone. We heard nothing about it at Mobile World Congress, and it would seem to have a breakthrough technology for display. Also, order now, so they take your money and earn interest on it for a whole year before they deliver. I'll believe it when I can see it with my own eyes.

  9. Not only that BUT by future+assassin · · Score: 2

    the audio cable, .05 of a meter is the same price as 3 meters!!!

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  10. Going out on a limb here by nightfire-unique · · Score: 2

    Let me guess. The battery is glued into the phone.

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    1. Re:Going out on a limb here by Wescotte · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's uses the RED Brick for one week of continuous use and six months talk time.