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Honor Launches Robot Phone With Motorized 200MP Gimbal

8/13/2026

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Honor Launches RobotPhone

Honor launched the Robot Phone on 12 August 2026, the first phone with a motorised camera gimbal.
It uses a 200 MP main sensor on a gimbal moving up to 360 degrees per second, plus a 200 MP telephoto (2.7× zoom) and a 50 MP ultra-wide lens.
Powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, it has an OLED display, a 7,060 mAh battery with 120 W wired and 50 W charging, and starts at CNY 9,999 (?$1,482) for 12 GB + 512 GB.

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Honor Restricts Sales

Robot Phone will be sold only in China, not in the U.S., because of HONOR market restrictions.
Its titanium-alloy parts cost about three times more than aluminum and need roughly 60 manufacturing steps.
ARRI Chief Product Officer David Bermbach calls the phone an “important milestone” and the device with ARRI Image Science.
Observers say the phone must compete with handheld cameras like DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P, questioning its viability.

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Honor Launches RobotPhone

Honor launched the Robot Phone on 12 August 2026, the first phone with a motorised camera gimbal.
It uses a 200 MP main sensor on a gimbal moving up to 360 degrees per second, plus a 200 MP telephoto (2.7× zoom) and a 50 MP ultra-wide lens.
Powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, it has an OLED display, a 7,060 mAh battery with 120 W wired and 50 W charging, and starts at CNY 9,999 (?$1,482) for 12 GB + 512 GB.

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