In a publish on RED’s message board, founder Jim Jannard reasserted the corporate’s dedication to the disappointing Hydrogen One handset. It’s a distant reminiscence now, however the expensive area of interest gadget was teased and delayed for months, solely to be typically run by means of the ringer in critiques.
The digital camera module was certainly one of numerous complaints with the gadget, and now RED’s inserting the blame firmly on the toes of its ODM accomplice. In the publish, Jannard notes that, whereas Foxconn has been a strong producer, the design accomplice primarily blew it,
Our ODM, which was liable for the mechanical packaging of our design together with new applied sciences together with all software program integration with the Qualcomm processor, has considerably under-performed. Getting our ODM in China to complete the dedicated options and repair recognized points on the Hydrogen One has confirmed to be past difficult. Impossible truly. This has been irritating me to demise and flooding our reactor.
Given the commonly tough critiques for the $1,300 gadget, a lesser firm would have little doubt deserted the ship. Jannard and RED, nonetheless, are utilizing the chance to double down. A brand new digital camera module (named “Komodo”), he notes, might be coming not solely to the Hydrogen One, however a future Hydrogen Two.
“To that end,” he writes, “every Hydrogen One owner will get significant preferential treatment for the Hydrogen Two and/or new Cinema Camera model, both in delivery allocations and pricing.”
Given the time it took for the primary gen to launch, it’s most likely not price holding one’s breath for the sequel. That mentioned, the primary handset is commonly the toughest, and making a telephone definitely introduced a brand new paradigm for the high-end digital camera producer, which is extra accustom to constructing units in home.
