Name: RED Hydrogen One Durability Test - Scratching a Holographic Display?
Uploaded: 2020-03-06T23:03:09.000Z
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The Red Hydrogen One is probably one of the most expensive phones I've ever tested here

on my channel, coming in at a whopping $1,300.

I originally purchased the $1,600 titanium version, but that's been delayed for a few

Red was nice enough to send out the aluminum version, along with this massive, sticky paperweight

thing to help tide us over until the titanium version comes out.

One of the reasons these phones are probably so expensive might be because we're paying

for the fancy metal and plastic emblems inlayed into the plastic box.

Do people normally display the box their phone comes in?

Announced over a year ago, with many delays, it's finally time to assess the build quality

The first impression right out of the box is that this thing is massive and hefty.

With deep, unique, rugged corrugated grips along both sides and the back panel, it's

definitely one of the most unique looking phones of this year.

The biggest high point of this phone has been the display.

Red claims that their 4 view light filled display creates an experience beyond 3D that

The Hydrogen One has 2 cameras on the back so it can take these 3D, holographic picture

You can get a pretty good idea of what it's supposed to look like as I wiggle the phone

Just in real life you don't need to wiggle the phone to get this effect because it's

It's really kind of like an automatic digital magic eye.

And with a $1,300 price tag, we hold the advertising promises to a whole new level.

I'm not the biggest fan of meaningless advertising buzz words.

So when Red says “the world never saw this coming,” I've got to step back and point

out that HTC did basically this exact same thing 7 years ago.

Back in the year 2011, a year before my YouTube channel was even born, the HTC released the

I just picked up this little guy for $60 on eBay.

We'll do a little camera comparison between the Evo 3D and it's Red Hydrogen counterpart.

Holding both phones side by side shows the exact same 3D depth effect going on with each

We get the same shifting pop with both images.

This is probably one of those situations where Red would have been better off not hyping

The technology has definitely improved in the last 7 years, of course, but it's still

And it's not the $1,300 display I feel we were promised.

Let's jump into the durability with the scratch test.

Like always, we check to see what the holographic screen is made from.

Plastic will scratch at a level 3, glass scratches at a 6, and real sapphire crystal scratches

Red is using Gorilla Glass to cover their holographic tech, and indeed we see scratches

at a level 6, deeper grooves at a level 7.

Similar to the Razer phone, we have some massive speaker grilles at the top and bottom of this

The top grille houses dual 8.3 megapixel front facing cameras that can also produce the same

autostereogramic 3D effect as the rear camera.

Both image sensors are protected with glass, along with the other sensors on the right

The speaker grille itself is made from black plastic, similar to the Razer phone.

The bottom speaker grille is the same black plastic, which can be removed.

Interestingly enough, even though the exterior plastic grille looks like it has 2 speaker

locations, there's only one small interior slit where the sound comes out.

It'll look super glamorous and pretty on the outside, but rather underwhelming in reality.

So far, the Red Hydrogen One is not quite turning out like it's hypothetical snap chat

Made with thick, textured aluminum ridges.

The volume buttons are both made from metal.

The rugged aluminum finger grips are mirrored on the opposite, and this includes a dedicated

camera button with a small red plastic inlay.

The fingerprint scanner and power button is also over here and can be scratched.

Although, with the height of the ridges on either side protecting it from rubbing against

anything, I highly doubt scratching will be an issue.

Even then, if it does get heavily scratched, it still recognizes my fingerprint and functions

The top of the phone is made from aluminum, along with the SIM and SD card tray.

And strangely enough, this flagship still has a headphone jack.

Probably because this phone was announced a year ago when headphone jacks were still

The bottom has a USB-C port and a lot more metal.

Red has put a lot of emphasis on their industrial aluminum design with durable Kevlar panels...which

I'm not really sure what they mean by “durable.”

It scratches at about the same level as plastic, and peels up like a giant sticker.

At least the copper accessory attachment pad doesn't peel off...that would be awkward.

That part might still be real, although no accessories exist yet, so it's hard to say

The thick ribbed aluminum back plate is all metal.

You can see the silver shine through under the black coating.

I wonder if these ribs will help guide the hypothetical accessories into place when they

The Red Media Machine logo is made from metal with an unscratchable red inlay in the center.

The massive camera lens is covering dual 12.3 megapixel cameras, both of which are used

for that 3D effect, and have no wide angle or telephoto options.

The dual tone flash is made from plastic, and we have another scratchable Kevlar sticker