RED Hydrogen One Review of Reviews: A Spectacular Failure
RED is most well-known for making very high-end camera equipment. The Hydrogen One was announced over a year ago and was supposed to launch this past summer. It was delayed several times, but it will soon be available for the lofty price of $1,300. That's why the review embargo lifted this morning with almost unanimous negativity.
Red Hydrogen One Review: Red, dead, no redemption
The Hydrogen One is defined by its ambition. It's meant to revolutionize not just phones, but all of media with a "holographic" display and a camera system capable of recording into this 3D format. The phone is also expandable, and RED — one of the most esteemed names in digital imaging — plans to release an add-on camera sensor that's capable of transforming the phone into a full-on cinema camera.
It's an exciting prospect, but it all comes crashing down because of one immense flaw: the holographic display just isn't very good. It's a novelty. And while you can occasionally see glimmers of the potential that RED might have seen in this tech, it's certainly not present in this generation of the phone, and it's hard to imagine that potential being realized any time soon.
Previously: RED Pitches a $1,200 Holographic Android Smartphone
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday November 01 2018, @01:19AM
Where do you see "midrange"?
The Snapdragon 835 SoC isn't the best choice, particularly for the price:
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