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More RED Hydrogen One specs and release date details revealed
June 01, 2025
TheRED Hydrogen Onehas been up for pre-order starting at $1,195 (and going up to $1,595 for a titanium model) since last summer. Yet despite this, the device’s specs and features have yet to be fully outlined.
We’ve heard there will be “holographic” display and a modular design—and we’ve seen how it is expected to look—but in a new post in theRED user forums(viaGSMArena) from the camera equipment company’s founder, Jim Jannard, we now have a few more details on what it will offer.
Jannard reiterated that the display will come in at 5.7-inches with QHD resolution and that it can operate both in 2D mode and a slightly dimmer holographic mode (4V) that works without the use of special glasses. Though it’s unclear at this point what kind of content this will support, the exciting news is that you’ll be able to “shoot and create 4V content” on the device natively (i.e. without an additional module).
Meanwhile, we also learned some of the Hydrogen One specs. It’s set to come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip (from the likes of theGalaxy S8andGoogle Pixel 2), 4,500 mAh battery with USB Type-C connectivity, hybrid SIM tray (dual-SIM or SIM+microSD card) and a headphone jack. You can expect it to be relatively chunky.
Jannard also says that the device will get official carrier support and expects the device to go on sale with carriers this summer. Pre-order customers will receive their device sometime before that, but likely not prior to an upcoming event this April, where Jannard said the company may show off the unit to pre-order customers at its headquarters.
What RED is proposing with this phone is unlike anything else on the market right now. Though some might be disappointed by its use of last year’s Snapdragon 835 chip, the unique features, and the not completely crazy price tag (I mean, RED has a camera mount on its websitethat costs the same), still makes this a very interesting device. Give us your thoughts on it in the comments, and check out itspre-order page here.
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