The Hydrogen One definitely isn't trying to be like most smartphones. Marques Brownlee/YouTube The professional-camera company RED made waves last month when it announced plans to launch its first smartphone, the Hydrogen One.

The company hasn't divulged many details about the device, but it has hyped up some of the phone's higher-level features: a "modular" accessory system that will support higher-quality camera tools and a "holographic" display that's said to be capable of presenting images with a 3D-like effect.

All of that comes in a phone whose preorders start at $1,195.

Up to now, RED has released only one obscured teaser image of the device. But the company recently gave the popular YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee, also known as MKBHD, a nonfunctional prototype of what it says the Hydrogen One will ultimately look like.

Here's a closer look: