This $120 Smartphone HITS DIFFERENT in 2024 

Bold of them to call it Hydrogen One, because it implies that a Hydrogen Two was a consideration 🫡

Hydrogen 1 from expensive to just a piece of junk for your collection

My son uses the titanium version as his device. I had to give it some use lol

I had the HTC Evo 3D back then and its 3D party trick was amazing. I love it when Companies are experimental like that

here is the problem...NORMAL EVERYDAY ppl dont CARE about cameras in smart phones....youtube creators think we do BUT WE DONT

I like this series. Makes me feel better about not blowing money on products I thought I wanted due to hype only for them to turn out disappointing. Keep it up, Denki!

Great video its always nice to take a look at devices from the past to see how they hold up today! Keep up the good work my man!

I actually looked into it a few days ago as a potential option to be my walkman since it still has a heaphone jack, a good battery, a design that speaks to me and it looks to be well built

I bought one second had for 30$, last year. Just for keeping it in my collection.

I wonder if this would make a good camera monitor, considering that the screen is so good.

Hard to believe this phone came out 6 years ago already. It still seemed new to me until I found out it only runs Android 8.0 😂😂😂

Love these vids

That 3d effect reminds me of the Amazon Fire Phone. What ever happened to the Amazon ice phone?

I have ordered its refurbished model for $157.31 from ebay

Can you test out the sony ZV E1? It has the same sensor as the FX3 and a7s3 while being full frame and cheaper

You never talked about the cpu, ram, storage? What android version did it come with, etc, Also why the red batteries in the background. Thought it was going to be mentioned interchangeable batteries or something.

But did it have a headphone jack?

I saw one in the wild while working retail. The guys at Verizon upsold her on that phone and she paid full retail price on it. She had it for three years and hated the thing and was upset because the guy there told her it was the best phone on the market. Phone was so sluggish and I nerded out seeing it. My boss looked at me weird cause she was a manager of a phone place but knew little about them so she didn’t understand my excitement seeing the legendary failure.

Was worth 120$ from the start They just didn’t realize it yet

I forgot that this phone existed, happy to get reminded, thank you. My ideal phone as one of many who got the EOS M just for Magic Lantern, would be one with a gorgeous 2.39:1 screen ratio, focusing on quality rather than high hz for gaming. Maybe give it some flash-shoe adapter magic so it can act an EVF as well.

lol verstappen hat? I see you Ken. I’m a fan too… but so happy no. 4 won last week.

I remember working for Verizon and selling this phone. We had a whole dedicated promotion page just for this phone in the directory. Just for preparation. But after a week of the r phone being released, nothing. Just silence. It really did not go as far as anticipated

Yep, this phone absolutely bombed when it came out. It's interesting to see how it's aged. I still think that anything over $50 USD is way to much for it.

5:59 when that phone came out the other Android phones had to 855 chip😂

It would have been smarter for them to focus on the audio side of things... like as a recorder and playback device, both with Red cameras, and others. But yeah, it made no sense then, and makes evel less sense now.

Huh. Maybe I should get one for 3DS emulation. Does Citra support 3D displays?

I remember being at the launch at Red and the scramble to get content working on that phone. Doomed from the start.

This phone reminds me of my Xperia XZ2 premium. I say this because it’s a 2018 phone with LiDAR and can do 3D scans while having a 4k screen

I remember The red hydrogen one phone I really liked it even though it was dead to begin with but it looked really good and unusual it was built like a tank ready for war and that's what made it stand out and unique from every other phone on the market at that time back then

I had to convince my dad to not buy this phone at AT&T when it released and when were looking back at it a couple years ago he thanked me for convincing him to not buy it

Please talk about the 3D video that it takes

I got one of the Titanium ones about a year ago. I've had to use it a few times because my Fold phone had to go in for repairs. It's not great by any means, but it's better than I'd imagined. I think I spent $150 on it. It's too bad this failed so miserably.

Cant believe its that cheap

All jokes aside I actually uses the Red hydrogen one titanium as my daily driver switching from my Sony Xperia Pro i with Sony Alpha grade features for a very dated sub-par phone of 2018, you're right 2017-2018 was the most innovative year for smartphones to date like Vertu, cryto Sirin Labs Finney Ui & the best ever camera phone the HTC One M9... I bought mine on Amazon precisely as a novelty phone for it's 3D screen.

The most expensive technology becomes e-waste over time.

This phone sadly was just a footnote in the history book. It had some potential though

Kinda interesting now that it's cheap. Makes it a fun dedicated streaming device.

@denki you need a beard now to complete the cycle

Wait y'all have a RED camera? I thought Matt and Austin said they hate RED cameras 😭

God bless Ken

Hi denki

I feel like not having the best quality camera (or even a flagship quality one from 2018, both Samsung and Apple had better cameras on their flagships) was a huge misstep for RED. You're a camera company making a product which has a camera, why isn't it the best part of the phone?

most people who wanted those accesories probably just bought some motorella phone probably because they were qaurter of the price and actually had accesories for it

I had no idea RED was doing so poorly. Let’s see if Nikon can make the acquisition worth it

I like videos going back to near past tech. It reminds me not to go grab things like this phone on the hype and wait for technology to mature. I remember the Red phone being talked up as the thing that would turn everyone into professional videographers, then it came out.

Denki da goat

I actually like the red hydrogen one phone since I like how well built the phone is since it does not use glass that is fragile and is guaranteed to shattered without a case. I like the unique and grippiness of the phone to make it easier to hold since glass back phones feel slippery like a bar of soap lol. Smartphone photography is actually the lowest priority when I use a smartphone since I was used to using a real camera before smartphones became popular to take pictures and record videos. I like using the buttons and learning how to use a real camera because of the experience and getting to understand how to take pictures and record videos properly without computational photography and videos since they are more natural and accurate than using the smartphone. Taking pictures with smartphones is the equivalent of of having ai since they are artifical instead of being natural and accurate since the majority of consumers use a bunch of stuff that alters the photos like filters and whatever stuff that the consumers use when they take pictures. I rather take pictures with a real camera like with film camera since they are not artifical like computational photography with ai since real cameras rely on the actual hardware and not fake pictures to make something look like than what it's supposed to be. For example, in audio, professional recording studios use studio monitors because they want to have the most accurate sound quality without adding anything to alter the sound quality because it affects the accuracy of the audio fidelity. I treat photography in the same way as recording audio in the professional recording studio with studio monitors. Smartphone photography is similar as using consumer audio because consumer audio sounds nice to the average consumers even though they are not as accurate much like smartphone photography looks nice but not as accurate and natural and real. Smart phone photography is mainly catered to the average consumers because the majority of consumers already have a smartphone since it's easier to use and understand than real cameras because of the basic features and functionality of taking pictures and recording videos. Most people use there phones to do most of the things that they do since it's convenient because the smartphones do almost everything.

Man looks like Sgt. Keroro.

I have one, lol. i just watch 3d movies on it

Some channels need to be narrated

I thought it was kind of insulting that it didn't have the best mobile phone camera. Come on, you are RED.

At that point Apple had an advantage, they had economy of scale, Red did not. So they could not compete 2:30

Next Nextbit Robin for going back in time?

I almost bought one 😅

I think the iPhone design is so elegant and stands the time while the RED camera looks cheap and tacky indeed. Pure iPhone user here.

You resemble Bolo Young

Ahhh RED. Just stick to cameras.

Am i the only one thinking that or ken's channel is now better than Austin's ?

What camera do you use to film your videos @denki

This phone only scores around 160,000 antutu benchmark pretty low for around 100 bucks I just picked up a Motorola edge 2022+ for 110 on eBay that scores around 1000000 antutu

Red tried to sell moto mods but more expensive. Gee wonder why that didnt work?

I am your biggest fan

Time and time again proven: don’t buy based on promises.

Hello

What are these first comments?????

This was one of the rare L's of Red, just like Max Verstappen took a rare L

Was never interested in this phone. I thought the hardware would be better glad I never bought into the hype. Also $1300 for a basically dead phone , oooof.

Looks a little like HAL 9000.

wowoowow

Red you mean, Nikon? Hahaha

REd

A phone by a camera company that makes sub par images. What are you Sony.

I like to imagine some sorta alternative reality where red dominated the market with the best camera phone with a bayonet mount for pro grade style lenses instead of whatever it was they made

Hii

I hate your cap

Twen 🍵 twen 🍵4 😄

Yoo

What the hell are you talking about?? 2018 like it's from a different century. Phones should last for more years then they do. Be honest, are you a just a consumer? Ow yukkie... Greetings from Netherland

It is defenitly interesting and maybe funny that Nikon bought the Red company. I remember when I first bought a good quality camera that I bought a Canon Eos 70D because I already got an older cheap DSLR from my father. And I remember a friend to have the Nikon alternative to this canon camera I have and that camera was definitely not as good with video making as the canon. So Nikon is really not anything special for making Videos. Only good for photo making

Dude you act 12

Austin who?

RED’s are over rated. If you’re shooting RU-vid clips with a RED you really have lost the plot and love creating more pain for yourself. Yes I have one - and yes I still think they are crap. Prefer my Varicam or by S5H to RED anyday.

Moto mods are the s*** I have a Motorola Moto Z4 that I picked up for 50 bucks off of eBay and I don't regret it with the Bluetooth speaker attached to the back and the wraparound bumper case I'm able to string a necklace and hang it while I walk the dogs hands-free listening to Audible or RU-vid or also use my phone as a body camera. Moto mods are the s*** it's the future. If I had a phone newer than this and it didn't have a Bluetooth speaker on the back of it I would be downgrading. Sound quality is half the enjoyment of gaming or anything.

1st

Not even worth $120 lol

The start of this video, at least, is very annoying. There are no camera shots of the entire product, just the back. All I know is that I am looking at an object that is supposed to be a phone but could also be a battery pack or weird accessory to a camera.

Lamest phone

This phone is so ugly

Obligatory dislike for having the audacity to compare anything to an apple product. What you should be doing instead is act like they don't exist. Come on man you know the company well. Do the right thing.