Overview
- Honor officially launched the Robot Phone in China on Wednesday, Aug. 12, with pre-orders the company says reached about 400,000 in two weeks and retail sales set to start on Aug. 18.
- The phone’s headline hardware is a compact 4‑DoF Titanium Agile Gimbal that holds a 200MP 1/1.28‑inch main sensor and can move up to 360°/s to deliver real‑time physical stabilization and automated subject tracking.
- Honor positioned the device for creators by adding an ARRI Cinematic Imaging partnership that enables 10‑bit ARRI LogC3 capture, ARRI Looks and a capture pipeline intended for post‑production workflows.
- The Robot Phone ships as a full flagship with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Honor’s H1 imaging chip, up to 16GB RAM, a 7,060mAh battery with 120W wired charging and MagicOS 10 on Android 16.
- Hands‑on reviews praised smooth, dynamic footage from the gimbal but warned that the moving mechanism lowers protection to IP54 when stowed, leaves exposed moving parts when deployed, and creates questions about long‑term durability and repair costs.