Honor claims its Robot Phone will launch later this 12 months

Honor has revealed extra particulars of its so-called Robot Phone at MWC 2026, and at last confirmed a working unit in motion alongside a dancing humanoid robotic. Specs are nonetheless skinny on the bottom, however the firm has confirmed it plans to launch the telephone within the second half of this 12 months — although I’ve been informed that can solely be in China.

The Robot Phone doesn’t fairly dwell as much as the title — actually it’s a smartphone with a gimbal-stabilized digicam arm crammed into the again. Honor has now revealed that the principle digicam could have a 200-megapixel sensor, and is constructed into what it says is the smallest 4DoF gimbal system within the business, although these are all of the official specs we’ve to this point. It contains numerous AI digicam monitoring modes, together with extra robotic options like the power to nod or shake its head in dialog, and “dance” to music.

I fought by way of a throng of journalists to see a working unit within the demo space, which I noticed unfold from the gadget, maintain an AI-enabled dialog, and fold again in. So I can verify it strikes, however I didn’t get to see the remainder of its capabilities — nonetheless, that’s greater than I noticed at CES.

Honor confirmed the Robot Phone off on stage along with a diminutive humanoid robotic. It gave no particulars in any respect about that gadget, although has beforehand claimed it does have plans for a industrial launch. The robotic danced and backflipped throughout the stage — although whether or not or not it was underneath teleoperation, Honor wouldn’t say. I later noticed it haltingly wave and shake fingers with press in a demo space, although did that inconsistently sufficient that I’m assured it wasn’t underneath distant management.

I’ll be seeing extra of each the robotic and Robot Phone on the MWC ground tomorrow, once I ought to get a greater concept of what to anticipate from Honor’s robotics plans.

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