{"slug": "honor-confirms-august-global-launch-of-its-first-robot-phone-at-waic-2026", "title": "Honor confirms August global launch of its first Robot Phone at WAIC 2026", "summary": "Honor CEO Li Jian confirmed at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference that the company's first Robot Phone will launch globally in August, with pre-orders now open. The device features a four-degree-of-freedom titanium-alloy robotic gimbal for 360-degree subject tracking and AI-powered cinematic camera movements, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform.", "body_md": "At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Honor CEO Li Jian unveiled the company’s first Robot Phone, confirming it will launch globally in August with pre-orders now open across all sales channels. The device is powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform and features a 1.5K flat display with ultra-narrow, symmetrical bezels, alongside support for 120W wired fast charging. Its defining feature is a four-degree-of-freedom (4DoF) titanium-alloy robotic gimbal integrated into the top of the phone.\n\nHonor says the robotic gimbal enables 360-degree subject tracking and AI-powered cinematic camera movements.For imaging, the Robot Phone packs a flagship triple-camera system comprising a 200MP 4D gimbal main camera, a telephoto camera, and a 50MP ultra-wide camera. Honor has also partnered with ARRI, bringing professional-grade Log-C recording and LUT color grading to the device in a bid to deliver cinema-quality video capture with highly autonomous camera operation. [TechNode Reporting]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/honor-confirms-august-global-launch-of-its-first-robot-phone-at-waic-2026", "canonical_source": "https://technode.com/2026/07/20/honor-confirms-august-global-launch-of-its-first-robot-phone-at-waic-2026/", "published_at": "2026-07-20 02:27:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-20 14:01:31.227773+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Honor", "Li Jian", "Qualcomm", "Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5", "ARRI", "WAIC"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/honor-confirms-august-global-launch-of-its-first-robot-phone-at-waic-2026", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/honor-confirms-august-global-launch-of-its-first-robot-phone-at-waic-2026.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/honor-confirms-august-global-launch-of-its-first-robot-phone-at-waic-2026.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/honor-confirms-august-global-launch-of-its-first-robot-phone-at-waic-2026.jsonld"}}