Monday, June 29, 2026
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Honor’s Robot Phone is a bad robot, interesting camera, and maybe your friend

After over four months of teasing, I've finally been able to see Honor's Robot Phone in action. And after all that, it looks pretty legit - just so long as you weren't actually expecting a robot. The Robot Phone could more accurately be called the Gimbal Phone, though I suspect the company's marketi...

Honor’s Robot Phone is a bad robot, interesting camera, and maybe your friend
Image: The Verge
The friend-shaped phone.

After over four months of teasing, I've finally been able to see Honor's Robot Phone in action. And after all that, it looks pretty legit - just so long as you weren't actually expecting a robot.

The Robot Phone could more accurately be called the Gimbal Phone, though I suspect the company's marketing department would disagree. Its big hardware innovation is a 200-megapixel camera mounted on a gimbal arm, which unfolds from the back of the phone when you need it, and retracts behind a cover when you don't.

It unlocks a set of camera features much like you'd find in a DJI Osmo Pocket. There's improved stabilization thanks to the gimbal, mea …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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