Honor Robot Phone in action
Chinese manufacturer Honor has been standing on its own two feet for some time now, having previously been separated from Huawei. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the brand showed off the Honor Robot Phone. What makes this phone 'robotic' is the 3-axis gimbal on top of the device. You can compare this to the DJI Osmo Pocket camera. The 3-axis mechanical stabilisation is combined with an AI stabilisation motor.
The wide angle of view allows the camera to track movements and objects while filming and shooting. For this, the Honor features AI object tracking. According to Honor, thanks to training with millions of simulations, the camera can automatically understand what you want to capture. This can be done with either 90-degree upright or 180-degree landscape. In addition, the camera is capable of rotating 360 degrees.
During the demo in Barcelona, a dancer demonstrated how the camera works. The smartphone's screen shows which object is being tracked so that it is always in focus. On Honor's stand, it works perfectly. If you don't use the camera, it can fold itself next to the camera module. This then sits folded up, instead of folded away. You can slide the slider over it closed, which serves as protection. The primary camera has a 200-megapixel image sensor. The whole thing is powered by a micromotor.
Further specifications of the smartphone have not been shared. According to the Honor employee, the device will be launched in November-December this year. Whether we will see the device in the Netherlands remains to be seen. Officially, Honor is not targeting the Dutch market. A price of the device is not yet available.
