RED announced its $1,200 smartphone is coming this summer — take a look at all its futuristic technologies

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

The Hydrogen One phone, starting at $1,195, was immediately available to preorder.

RED teased an image of the Hydrogen One and gave the popular YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee (known as MKBHD) a nonfunctional prototype, but not much else was shared about the device for several months.

In an update last month on the smartphone's status, RED's founder, Jim Jannard, shared additional details and a rough launch estimate for the final product, which both he and the company's president, Jarred Land, now 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.

Jeff Dunn contributed to an earlier version of this post.

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This is the nonfunctional prototype Marques reviewed in July. Right away, you can see its design is much busier than those of most other smartphones. The back has a mix of metal and Kevlar, with a big dual-lens camera, four screws in the corners, a big ruby-like logo, and modular-accessory pins at the bottom.

RED says the base version of the Hydrogen One will use aluminum (for $1,195) and a pricier model will be made of titanium ($1,595).

The sides of the phone, meanwhile, are grooved to fit your fingers. On one side, there's a power button that doubles as a fingerprint scanner, as well as a dedicated button for video recording.

Of the Hydrogen One's industrial design, Jannard said, "This works."

He added: "The scallops make it easier to hold, fish out of your pocket... and looks cool as hell."

On the other side of the phone, you'll see volume buttons.

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