Honor claims that its robotic phone will be launched later this year

Honor revealed more details about the so-called Robot Phone at MWC 2026, finally showing off a working unit that works alongside a dancing humanoid robot. The specs are still weak on the ground, but the company has confirmed that it plans to launch the phone in the second half of this year – although I’m told that will only be in China.

The Robot Phone doesn’t quite live up to the name, as it’s actually a smartphone with a gimbal-mounted camera stick crammed into the back. Honor has now revealed that the main camera will feature a 200-megapixel sensor, built into what it says is the smallest 4DoF gimbal system in the industry, although those are all the official specifications we have so far. It includes different AI camera tracking modes, along with more automated features such as the ability to nod or shake the head during a conversation, and to “dance” to music.

I struggled through a crowd of journalists to see a working unit in the demo area, which I saw unfold from the device, have an AI-powered conversation, and then reenter. So I could confirm it was moving, but I couldn’t see the rest of its capabilities – that’s still the case More than I saw at CES.

Honor showed off the robot phone on stage alongside a small human-like robot. No details were provided at all about this device, though previously claimed It has plans for a commercial launch. The robot danced and flipped backwards on stage — though whether or not it was under remote operation, Honor didn’t say. I later saw him wave hesitantly and shake hands with reporters in the demo area, though he did so inconsistently enough that I’m confident he wasn’t under remote control.

I’ll be seeing more of both the robot and the robotic phone in the MWC hall tomorrow, when I get a better idea of ​​what to expect from Honor’s robotics plans.

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