RED announced its $1,200 smartphone is coming to Verizon and AT&T later this summer — take a look at all its futuristic technologies

RED Hydrogen 3

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Last summer, the professional camera company RED announced it would release the "world's first holographic media machine" in 2018. 

The Hydrogen One phone, starting at $1,195, was immediately available to preorder, but the launch date has been pushed a few times; most recently to August, due to reasons including carrier deals, as outlined in a post on the RED forum. 

But pre-order customers will be happy to know that the Hydrogen One will officially be available for Verizon and AT&T when it rolls out this summer. 

RED initially teased an image of the Hydrogen One and gave the popular YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee (known as MKBHD) a nonfunctional prototype, but didn't share much else for several months. In a January update, RED's founder Jim Jannard shared details about the phone, which both he and the company's president, Jarred Land, already own.

"I can proudly say that my current phone (and Jarred's) is a working HYDROGEN One... serial numbers EVT1- 0001 and 0002," Jannard wrote on a RED message board. "While there are still a few things to add, it does everything we need from a cell phone... plus display 4-view content. It is awesome. If we never sell one phone... I am totally happy. We both have exactly what we wanted."

Here's a closer look at the Hydrogen One smartphone:

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