RED's $1,600 'holographic' phone is sure to be a disappointment
Professional camera maker RED announced the world's first holographic phone — the Hydrogen — on Thursday to the surprise of phone geeks everywhere. The Hydrogen is already generating plenty of excitement among RED's rabid fanbase, and yet we don't even know much about the hardware. SEE ALSO: The world's first glasses-free holographic phone is coming, and it's not from Apple RED still hasn't revealed any details about the phone's processor, battery life, storage capacity, or even its fancy camera. Still, many of the company's biggest fans are ready to plunk down the $1,600 it costs to buy one of the high-end versions of the phone. I'm all for ambitious ideas and trying new things, but give me a break. The Hydrogen might sell well to a niche fanbase of camera-obsessed geeks that have money to burn, but it's hard to imagine the Hydrogen being as good as something like an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy. And it's unlikely to rev...