According to Jim Jannard's announcement, RED's ambitious hydrogen phone project ends after only one hydrogen unit is released. The founder of the company says "the retirement of a hydrogen project" due to "some health problems".
The $ 1,295 RED Hydrogen One was the first smartphone from a luxury camera company. First announced in 2017, the product promised bold new technologies such as “hologram displays”, top-end camera systems, and modular attachments that can expand your phone over time. After a series of delays, the phone was incompletely received in October 2018.
The promised module never came true, and in March Jannard announced a “big change” for the hydrogen program. The company is developing a new "pro camera version" of its Hydrogen One smartphone, using cameras designed with the RED team (instead of off-the-shelf provided in the original model) instead of Hydrogen One's attachments. RED recently cut the price of its hydrogen supply by half to $ 645.
Jannard blamed Hydrogen One's unnamed Chinese ODM, known as "substantially poor" on the original phone in July, and tormented a new Hydrogen Two model designed "from scratch" with a new manufacturing partner. But today's announcement says that the company's hydrogen supply will not be on the market, which is not part of the hydrogen brand.
According to Jannard's post, customers who have purchased Hydrogen One will not stay completely with Lucci. Jannard's post promised that "Hydrogen One will continue to be supported." Released with Hydrogen One. However, anyone who wants RED is a disappointing ending, hoping to be able to make better use of some of the errors of the original model later.
Jannard has been the face of RED and high-end cameras since it was founded in 1999. According to Jannard, RED Digital Cinema will live under the guidance of Tommy Rios (Vice President of RED) and Jarred Land (current president of RED). President) and Jamin Jannard (RED Marketing and Creative President).
When the founder Jim Jannard retired for the first time at Best Buy Hours Today, the hydrogen phone project was canceled in a RED post.
Source: https://bestbuyhourstoday.com/red-cancels-hydrogen-phone-project-as-founder-jim-jannard-retires