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Honor's upcoming Robot Phone boasts a unique pop-up camera with a personality, capable of nodding, shaking its head, and even dancing. This 200-megapixel camera, mounted on a tiny gimbal, offers AI object tracking, cinematic spinshots, and Super Steady video. Honor is also partnering with ARRI for cinema-grade colour science, promising a revolutionary mobile imaging experience.
Honor has shared more details about its Robot Phone ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 in Barcelona, revealing that the device's pop-up robotic camera will have a personality of its own—it can nod, shake its head, and even dance to music.The Chinese smartphone maker, which first teased the Robot Phone at CES earlier this year, says the device will feature a 200-megapixel camera mounted on a tiny three-axis gimbal that pops out of the phone's body. Think of it as a miniature version of DJI's Osmo gimbal, but built right into a smartphone. Honor says it plans to launch the device commercially in China in the second half of 2026.
A robot camera that tracks you, stabilises video, and has moves
What makes the Robot Phone stand out is not just the mechanical camera—it's how it behaves.
The gimbal can lock onto a person or object and track them as they move, powered by AI object tracking trained on millions of scene simulations. It can also pull off cinematic spinshots at 90 or 180 degrees, and a Super Steady mode keeps footage smooth during movement. On the fun side, Honor says the camera can bob its head to music, nod when it agrees with something, and even do a full 360-degree flip.To fit all this into a phone, Honor developed what it calls the industry's smallest micro motor—70 percent smaller than existing ones—and packed it into a four-degree-of-freedom gimbal system.
The company says it used the same high-strength materials found in its Magic V6 foldable's hinge.
Honor is also working with ARRI to bring cinema-grade colour science to mobile
Honor also announced a collaboration with ARRI, the German maker of professional cinema cameras, to bring its colour science and imaging expertise to the Robot Phone. It marks the first time ARRI's image science is being integrated into a consumer device. Alongside the Robot Phone, Honor launched its Magic V6 foldable and teased a humanoid robot designed for shopping assistance and workplace tasks.
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