INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Only months after Red's Hydrogen Two smartphone was confirmed despite Hydrogen One's failure, the follow-up Android handset has been
declared dead in the water, with Red founder Jim Jannard announcing his retirement and the end of the Hydrogen project, as spotted by Ars
Technica.Having just turned 70, Jannard took to the company's H4Vuser.net forums to make the announcement after 45 years working on Oakley
career that has included Oakley, RED Digital Cinema and HYDROGEN," said the company founder, further declaring that he's "very proud to have
worked with many great people over the years who have signed on to the vision".While Jannard promises "HYDROGEN One will continue to be
supported in the future," we wouldn't hold out too much hope for that, with Ars Technica noting the phone's last update as being released
back in January 2019.Thankfully, Red will remain in its highly successful 'Digital Cinema' camera business; Jannard hinting at the upcoming
launch of the company's highly anticipated Komodo 6K compact camera that utilizes Canon's new RF lens mount, with "Jarred [Land], Tommy
[Rios] and [son] Jamin [Jannard] at the controls".Jannard placed much of the Hydrogen One's failure on an unnamed Chinese ODM (Original
Its follow-up, the now-defunct Hydrogen Two, was said to be designed in-house, with plans to manufacture "at a new ODM that is clearly more
capable of building and supporting the product we (and our customers) demand".
