RED Hydrogen One – Full Specifications, Review and Prices
The RED Hydrogen One is not really a smartphone, it’s a camera that also happens to be a smartphone. This makes sense to me intuitively, because when I use smartphones for video projects, or to take photos on vacation, I use a separate phone as the camera. That’s exactly what I did with a Galaxy S9 when I was testing the Moment Lens Anamorphic on a trip to Yosemite.
If you conceptualize the Hydrogen as a phone that competes with Samsung, Apple, or Huawei, it just flatly doesn’t make sense. But ask yourself this: if you were designing a pocket camera today, would you use the slow embedded chips that Sony, Canon, and Nikon use in their compact cameras? Or would you use a speedy Snapdragon chip, like the one Google is using in the Pixel 2 to deliver its category-leading computational photography?
RED Hydrogen One Full Specs
NETWORK | |
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| Technology | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA | |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 |
| CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | |
| 4G bands | LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps |
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
LAUNCH | |
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| Announced | 2018, May |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, November |
BODY | |
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| Dimensions | 164.9 x 85.7 x 10 mm (6.49 x 3.37 x 0.39 in) |
| Weight | 263 g (292 g for Titanium Body) (9.28 oz) |
| Build | Front glass, aluminum or titanium body, kevlar ends |
| SIM | Nano-SIM |
DISPLAY | |
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| Type | 3D LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~63.4% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~515 ppi density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) |
PLATFORM | |
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| OS | Android 8.1 (Oreo) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (4×2.35 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo) |
| GPU | Adreno 540 |
MEMORY | |
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| Card slot | microSD, up to 512 GB |
| Internal | 256 GB, 6 GB RAM (Titanium model) or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM (Aluminum Model) |
MAIN CAMERA | |
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| Dual | 12.3 MP, PDAF 12.3 MP, PDAF |
| Features | Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama, H4V holographic video, interchangeable lens mounts |
| Video | 2160p@30fps |
SELFIE CAMERA | |
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| Dual | 8.3 MP 8.3 MP |
| Features | H4V holographic video |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
SOUND | |
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| Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – Surround sound | |
COMMS | |
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| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Radio | No |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; magnetic connector |
FEATURES | |
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| Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| – MP4/DviX/XviD/H.265 player – MP3/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+ player – Photo/video editor – Document editor | |
BATTERY | |
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| Non-removable Li-Po 4500 mAh battery | |
MISC | |
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| Colors | Black, Shadow, Titanium |
| Price | About 1200 EUR |