It looks like one tiny robotic head. It pops out of the edge of the smartphonehe turns to look for the subjects to shootchoose the best shot and shoot. Honor presented to Barcelona the first smartphone that has a robotic extension: it’s called Robot Phone. In fact it is a camera with mechanical stabilization, like it was a gimbal. The difference is that this time it has been completely miniaturized inside a smartphone.
Honor is a Chinese brand, based in Shenzhen. According to the report of Omg currently has the 3% share in the European market, a market which in total in 2025 reached 134.2 million units shipped. The Robot Phone had already been anticipated in recent months with a videothis time however a prototype was shown for the first time. It could hit the market by end of 2026.
Robot Phone | The technical characteristics
In the final project, the Robot Phone’s robotic arm should remain closed in photographic sector and then open. If we don’t use it it stays inside the phone body. The gimbal moves up three aces and is integrated with a 200 MP sensor. To move it uses engines smaller than one one euro coin. All the engineering has been studied with ARRIVEa company that deals with cinema technologies.
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Net of the components, the Robot Phone it will also have functions based on artificial intelligence. The camera is able to recognize subjects, follow them and adjust focus and trajectory. In the tests shown to the public the room of Robot Phone followed the movements of one flamenco dancer. Despite the jerky movements, the sensors had no problems following the entire movement.
The idea behind the Robot Phone, however, is not only that of add a component. In the tests this robotic head is also used to give an almost expressive element to the smartphone. It moves in time with the music, it turns if we speak to frame us, it nods when we give voice commands. It almost makes it more like a android than to a telephone.
Honor Magic V6 | The water resistant foldable
In addition to the Robot Phone, Honor also launched the Magic V6. It is the brand’s foldable model, a smartphone with a folding screen that opens like a book. In recent years these devices have tried to work on the most critical point: the thickness. Magic V6 is thick 8.75mm, once closed it can practically be held in the hand like a normal smartphone. When closed the screen is 6.5 inchesonce opened it touches them 8 inches.
Interesting resistance data. The problem with these devices is that they are quite fragile. They are thin, the zipper still has openings and therefore the risk is that of the first fall they break. Which isn’t exactly pleasant given that we’re talking about devices that cost around € 2,000 euros.
The Magic V6 instead it comes with certifications that range from IP68 to IP69. Throughout the presentation some models of Magic V6 are remained in one tub full of water. Not the recommended use, certainly. But if they can withstand immersion, they can also withstand a spilled glass. Honor has included its Silicon-carbon Blade Battery in this smartphone, a battery with 32% of silicon from 6,660 mAh. Enough to improve thesmartphone autonomy.
