Honor just unveiled a flagship Android phone recently with an actual gimbal camera attached to the back.
Called the Robot Phone, it marks the first launch from a new partnership with legendary German cinema brand Arri. That connection brings native Log-C3 video encoding, on-device LUT colour grading, and a dedicated cinema mode designed to replicate the signature look of high-end Arri movie cameras.
Getting all that hardware into a standard handset was no small feat, requiring over 60 manufacturing processes and more than 100 precision components. Backed by over 100 patents, the Robot Phone packs what Honor calls the industry’s smallest 4D gimbal system. The titanium setup uses a tiny 2.6g motor that sits at just 6mm thin, allowing the entire mechanism to fit inside a 9.6mm profile. It makes the device 65% smaller than traditional setups like DJI’s Osmo Pocket series, though the added tech does bump the overall weight to 248 grams.
The main gimbal camera houses a 200MP sensor paired with a fast aperture and Honor’s custom H1 imaging chip, topping out at 4K video capture. You can tweak shooting angles using voice commands, telling the camera to spin around or lock onto a target. It also relies heavily on AI for real-time subject tracking and auto-framing while you vlog or jump on video calls.
Beyond shooting video, the gimbal doubles as a quirky robotic companion powered by Honor’s Yoyo AI assistant. The camera module can glance around, interact with your surroundings, and run autonomous tasks. Honor even baked in over 100 animated facial expressions, meaning the camera setup can physically nod, peek around corners, or dance along to your music.
The rest of the camera setup is equally stacked, featuring a second 200MP periscope telephoto lens with optical zoom alongside a 50MP ultrawide that handles macro shots. Flip the phone over and you get a compact 6.3-inch LTPO OLED display with a smooth 120Hz variable refresh rate, peak brightness reaching an insane 6,800 nits, and a anti-reflective coating to keep glare at bay.
Under the hood, it runs Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.. Everything is powered by Android 16-based software and backed by a sizeable 7,060mAh Si-C battery with 120W wired and 50W wireless charging.
The phone goes on sale in China starting at CNY9,999 (~RM6,054) in silver and grey colourways, though global release details are still under wraps.