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R ED H Y DROGEN ONE
About a year ago, the LG G5 arrived with its snap-on enhancement modules. Shortly after, Motorola brought its
Moto Mods to market (check out our pocket guide this issue), and though it might turn out to be a bit of a fad,
the upgradeable handset trend is certainly catching on. The RED Hydrogen One is the latest in this line.
Only, unlike LG or Motorola, RED doesn’t specialise in phones at all; its strengths lie in cinematography, with its RED
cameras to thank for the picture behind a sizeable chunk of movies (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, for example). Its new
phone, though not a looker, has some unique entertainment-focused features that seem to tally with its movie-shooting
skills. Its handset will come with a holographic 5.7-inch display, capable of viewing its content to make the most of the 4D
display, as well as 3D movies, and VR games. And there won’t be any glasses needed, either. Then there are the modules,
which you snap onto the phone. At present, RED has shown off a bigger lens attachment, for shooting higher-quality
movies and photos, and hinted at a module that will be able to capture holographic images. Phones are increasingly
becoming a one-stop-shop device, and the Hydrogen One could take this jack-of-all-trades capability to the next level.
Price From $1195 (about £930) Available 2017 URL red.com
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Meet the team
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iMac, Matt’s been most epic challenge of making it of her own this issue was SALES DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
interested in the Surface from Land’s End to John putting together our 101 CLARE DOVE RICHARD HEMMINGS
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At least, until he dropped car, then another week Without list (p46). How epic? futurenet.com futurenet.com,
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Jo Gulliver Michelle McLaren Kimberley Ballard h e global
SENIOR ART EDITOR ART EDITOR PRODUCTION EDITOR
Jo got some new gesture- Michelle ran our photo Kimberley’s been loving m agazine
controlled headphones, so shoots for the 101 Gadgets the PS4 remake of Crash
now everyone’s distracted by feature, which has meant a Bandicoot. If we’re bringing
the occasional flailing arm lot of heavy lifting. She back stuff from that era, T3 is currently licensed
during the day. But they has requested we feature she’d also like more Buffy, worldwide, from
sound good, so she says this some kind of forklift in Empire Records and Jagged
is firmly “your problem.” all similar future lists. Little Pill, thanks. Australia to Mexico
Andrew Westbrook Dan Grabham Duncan Bell MIDDLE EAST POLAND
OPERATIONS EDITOR EDITOR, T3.COM LIFESTYLE EDITOR, T3.COM
How to license T3
Andy’s been pulled in by our We had our judging day for Duncan’s been preparing for
4K HDR projectors State of the T3 Awards this month a trip to the 158,000m2 Interested in publishing a licensed
the Art test (p92). He also (p86), which Dan bravely IFA tech show in Berlin by version of T3 in your territory?
works for our pals on Total led, trying to wrangle the ramping up his fitness and Please direct enquiries to T3’s
Film, so has tried to make conflicting opinions of nine learning the compound Senior Licensing & Syndication
the case for expensing one. tech journos into a coherent German word for ‘I haven’t Manager, Matt Ellis (matt.ellis@
It’s not going very well. whole. No mean feat… seen sunlight in two days.’ futurenet.com; [phone])
LIFE’S BETTER WITH T3...
Tomorrow’s Technology Today, technology ever since – from DVDs
to give T3 its full name, was launched in and HD TVs to smartphones and virtual
1996 and has been helping readers select reality. But our mission has remained
the right gadgets to improve their lives the same throughout: to help you live
for 20 years as a magazine (print and a better life through technology, and
digital) and at T3.com. We’ve been at the to filter the latest gadgets to ensure
heart of every shift in consumer you only ever buy the best of the best.
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Editor’s letter
I just installed a Nest Protect at Discover
more great
my house for the first time, and
ways to
already I’m kicking myself for
enjoy T3…
waiting this long to get one.
Within a couple of days, my culinary skills were
producing their standard plumes of thick smoke,
but instead of being rewarded with a noise to
split the earth and summon the ancient horrors
beneath, I just got a polite woman in the Protect
warning me that there was smoke, and if I didn’t
do anything about it, noise would happen. With a
single button press, I silenced the Protect, then
opened the kitchen window and carried on, no heart
attack required. Then I got a lovely reassuring Digital edition

notification, “There was smoke in the living room, The iPad edition of
but it’s cleared now.” Why the hell was I putting T3 features a raft of fresh
content, including video
up with the dumb version in the past?
reviews and interactive
That’s the kind of things our 101 Gadgets You
articles. T3 is also available
Can’t Live Without feature is all about (though on Android devices, and on
it’s mostly meant less literally than when talking your desktop via Zinio.com.
about a smoke alarm) – products that you just
can’t go back from once you’ve tried them.
If you’re into electric cars, be sure to read
Nick’s feature on p76 about when we sent him to
drive the famous Land’s End to John O’Groats route
to see if it’s a smooth journey in the longer-range
Tesla. The only predictable thing was that the
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Tweet me @matthewbbolton you to enjoy it on any device.
Key contributors
Alex Cox, Ben Andrews, Steve May,
gadget man lab tech AV expert
Alex is a veteran of Ben bosses the There’s no screen too
tech magazines over testing labs for our big or too sharp for
the years, and has colleagues on Digital our video maestro
tried just about Camera magazine and Steve, so we set him
every gadget trend is a big computing to work judging the
going. This issue, he fan, so took on our new set of affordable
added his expertise Microsoft Surface 4K home projectors
to our 101 Gadgets Studio review (p102) (p92) as well as the
You Can’t Live to judge its creative latest UHD Blu-ray
Without list (p46). and techy cred. players (p106).
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Contents
Features
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G ADGET GURU

Guru’s got his hand’s full this
101 GADGETS YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT
month with some pretty ‘edgy’
DISCOVER THE TECH THAT WILL HELP YOU TO reader queries, involving knives
and lighters. But we’re sure it’s
LIVE THE DREAM…
all fine really…

035
T 3 HOME
If you could have one gadget to
rule tham all, this would be it:
get a smart plug for your home
and you’ll never look back. Just
remember: once you pop, you
cannot stop.

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MAN VS TECH
Would you take the kids on
holiday in an electric car? Not a
chance? hen this could change
your mind. T3 takes to the
highway in a Tesla to find out if
it’s possible to drive the length
of the country on battery power.
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