{"id":219323,"date":"2026-03-03T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/i-saw-honors-robot-phone-and-its-unlike-any-android-phone-before\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:35:08","slug":"i-saw-honors-robot-phone-and-its-unlike-any-android-phone-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/i-saw-honors-robot-phone-and-its-unlike-any-android-phone-before\/","title":{"rendered":"I saw HONOR’s Robot Phone, and it’s unlike any Android phone before"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw HONOR’s Robot Phone, and it’s unlike any Android phone before<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/honor-robot-phone-mwc-2026-3645918\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-03 05:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

One of the coolest things we saw at CES earlier this year was the HONOR Robot Phone \u2014 HONOR\u2019s Android handset with a built-in camera gimbal on the back. At the time, the Robot Phone was a nonfunctional prototype.<\/p>\n

Just a couple of months later, at MWC 2026, I got to see the Robot Phone in action for the very first time. And I have to admit, I came away pretty impressed.<\/p>\n

The design of the Robot Phone hasn\u2019t changed since we first saw it at CES. After sliding a cover on the rear camera housing, the 200MP camera on the back swivels out to the top of the phone and then freely moves around using its three-axis gimbal system. To activate the camera during my demo, I held my hand up, palm facing the Robot Phone, then turned my hand around. Almost immediately, the Robot Phone\u2019s camera revealed itself and started tracking me around the show floor.<\/p>\n

What do you think about the HONOR Robot Phone?<\/h3>\n

3 votes<\/p>\n

It looks great! I’d love to own one.<\/p>\n

0%<\/p>\n

It’s cool, but I wouldn’t buy it.<\/p>\n

33%<\/p>\n

It’s ridiculous \u2014 I’m not interested at all.<\/p>\n

67%<\/p>\n

Other (let us know in the comments).<\/p>\n

0%<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

HONOR\u2019s big pitch for the Robot Phone and its camera is that the whole thing acts as a sort of AI\/robot companion. The Robot Phone can interpret the world around it via its camera and supports back-and-forth conversations similar to Gemini Live. More importantly, if you play music on the Robot Phone, the camera moves around and dances to the beat. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d ever see an Android phone dancing to an Imagine Dragons song, but that\u2019s exactly what happened during my demo.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019m not completely sold on the companion aspect of the Robot Phone, that doesn\u2019t make the camera gimbal design any less impressive. Even if you ignore all of the AI trimmings, you\u2019re still left with what\u2019s effectively an action camera built into a flagship Android phone. Not only should the 200MP sensor deliver good-looking photos\/videos, but the Robot Phone also…<\/p>\n

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