Red Hydrogen One and a Release Date

Red Hydrogen One, lets talk about it. In 2017, the cinema camera making company RED announced it was working a smarthphone with a holographic screen Consumers were unsure what this meant until September 2017. Essentially, the phone would provide a 3D viewing experience on screen, projecting things like buildings and landscapes in an interactive map. A user could essentially take a virtual tour via the phone screen, looking around, above, behind, or in-between various objects. We did a brief info release on the Red Hydrogen One a few months back but lets look at some updates.

AT&T and Verizon announced today that they will carry the Red Hydrogen One, a strange, costly smartphone from a video camera company that’s garnered a lot of buzz on social media.

Red is showing off the phone at its Hollywood offices on May 19 and AT&T will demo it at its Shape conference on June 2. AT&T will release the phone later this summer, the carrier says. Verizon says the phone will come to that carrier “later this year.

“This revolutionary smartphone will provide you with significant advancements in the way you create and view content on the leading network for entertainment,” said Kevin Petersen, AT&T’s SVP of Device and Network Services Marketing. “When the Red Hydrogen One launches, you’ll be able to look around, below and into your screen’s image with a 4-view holographic display, which is even better than 3D.”

Refresh My Memory

Back in March a gave you a little insight to what we know about the Red Phone. Its a powerful phone supporting an almost outdated Snapdragon 835 processor. ITs made by a high end Hollywood cameran manufacture. Now We have got a few more developments since we last talked about this phone. One is a feature called “four-view holographic” display. I cant really describe this but let me try to make it make sense.

Four View Holographic Display

In 2D mode (normal cell phone) the display is completely as you would expect. 2560×1440 resolution. Fantastic color and brightness. In 4V mode (holographic), the screen dims a bit and out pops a “better than 3D” image… no glasses needed. Best I can say is RED is Red is describing a glasses-free 3D screen. We are going to need to see this a little more in depth

The Final Thought

We are getting some big news here. We have the carriers, At&t and Verizon. We have something almost mind blowing in the feature department. We have a new to wireless company being very hush and ambiguous about its product. Lastly we have a Date, we’ll see it for real on June 2. Come back then when I do a full smartphone spotlight on the Red Hydrogen One.