Honor's Robot Phone launch signals a bigger bet: turning smartphones into AI hardware
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Honor unveiled the Robot Phone on August 12, 2026, calling it the world's first "robot phone" and positioning it as the clearest hardware expression yet of the company's push to become an AI device maker rather than just a smartphone brand. Preorders opened the same evening, with sales beginning August 18.
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