200MP sensor, new imaging chip, and 100+ patents

Honor has confirmed the full camera specifications of its upcoming Robot Phone during an imaging technology event held in Hengdian, Zhejiang. The event also marked the official unveiling of Honor’s partnership with ARRI, the German cinema equipment maker. The two companies say it brings film-industry imaging tools to a smartphone for the first time.

The Robot Phone will launch on August 12 with a triple-rear-camera system. The main sensor is a 200-megapixel unit built around a 1/1.28-inch sensor with an f/1.6 aperture, mounted on the phone’s signature three-axis gimbal. Honor pairs this with a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera and a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto camera.

Honor Robot Phone has a new in-house camera chip

Powering the camera is a new in-house chip called the Honor Yuguang H1, paired with a gimbal motor that Honor says weighs just 2.6 grams. The company says the motor is 65% smaller and has 35% higher torque density than typical gimbal motors on the market today. Honor further adds that the Robot Phone has over 100 patents to its name.

On the software side, Honor built a real-time image processing system that runs directly on the device. It includes tools for white balance, exposure, tone control, glare reduction, and detail enhancement across multiple cameras. Honor also added a new stabilization engine, called AIMAGE 2.0, to keep footage steady whether the user is standing still or moving.

The ARRI partnership adds Log-C video encoding and LUT color grading files directly to the phone. Photographers can also lock focus, white balance, and exposure settings and transfer camera movement data the way directors do on film sets.

Honor says this imaging system will extend beyond the Robot Phone to future devices, including the upcoming Magic 9 series. The company also announced plans to open a joint imaging lab with ARRI to continue developing camera technology for phones.

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