HONOR · Robot
Robot Phone
It's official
We will keep this on your list as the date moves.
The day you can actually buy one
18 August 2026
Confirmed · about 7 weeks ago
For the record, we had guessed 2 Sept 2026 — 15 days too late.
What changed our mind
- 爱范儿 (ifanr)Stated as fact
Says on sale 12 August 2026
“荣耀昨日发布 Robot Phone。” Read it ↗
Decent track record Did not move our date爱范儿 (ifanr) usually calls things earlier than they happen, so we pushed this 12 days later before believing it.
- Android CentralStated as fact
Says on sale 13 August 2026
“Pre-orders have started for the Honor Robot Phone in China for its 12/512GB and 16/1TB options for RMB 9,999 (~$1,482) and RMB 12,999 (~$1,927), respectively.” Read it ↗
Decent track record Did not move our dateAndroid Central usually calls things earlier than they happen, so we pushed this 9 days later before believing it.
- GizmoChinaStated as fact
Says on sale 12 August 2026
“Pre-orders opened on August 12 at 8:30 PM” Read it ↗
Decent track record Did not move our dateGizmoChina usually calls things earlier than they happen, so we pushed this 9 days later before believing it.
- Android CentralStated as fact
Says on sale 18 August 2026
“Honor says consumers can expect the phone to launch officially on the market on August 18.” Read it ↗
Decent track record Did not move our dateAndroid Central usually calls things later than they happen, so we pulled this 6 days earlier before believing it.
- GizmoChinaStated as fact
Says on sale 18 August 2026
“the first sales officially kicking off on August 18 at 10:08 AM across Honor’s official store and retail outlets” Read it ↗
Decent track record Moved our date 1 day earlier - 爱范儿 (ifanr)Stated as fact
Says on sale 18 August 2026
“8 月 18 日 10:08 正式开售” Read it ↗
Decent track record Moved our date 1 day earlier - Tom's GuideStated as fact
Says on sale 20 August 2026
“The Honor Robot Phone goes on sale starting August 20, priced at RMB 9,999 (around $1,480).” Read it ↗
Decent track record Moved our date 1 day earlier
Numbers, for the curious
The 80% range runs 23 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 (22 days wide), with a standard deviation of 8 days. Starting model: uninformative+coupled (reveal and on-sale dates were solved together, so neither can end up before the other).
Ledger hash 9b0869ba2e373f3d88ef2451…
What the hardware is
Every headline spec is filled in. Values from a spec database describe a phone that exists; values from articles are what sources claim about one that does not yet. Each row says which it is, and where sources contradict each other we print both figures rather than choosing.
display
- Peak brightness
- 2000 nits ✓
- Pixel density
- 461 ppi ✓
- Cover glass
- Giant Rhinoceros Glass ✓
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz ✓
- Resolution
- 1216x2640 ✓
- Screen size
- 6.31" ✓
- Panel type
- OLED ✓
performance
- CPU cores
- 2 cores ✓
- GPU
- Adreno 840 ✓
- Chipset
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 ✓
memory
- RAM
- 12 GB ✓
- microSD slot
- No ✓
- Storage
- 512 GB ✓
camera
- Front camera
- 50 MP ✓
- Main camera
- 200 MP ✓
- Rear cameras
- 3 cameras ✓
- Max video
- 4K ✓
battery
- Battery
- 7060 mAh ✓
- Wired charging
- 120 W ✓
- Wireless charging
- 50 W ✓
body
- Height
- 190.5 mm ✓
- Ingress protection
- IP54 ✓
- Materials
- Aluminium, Glass, Titanium ✓
- Thickness
- 9.6 mm ✓
- Weight
- 248 g ✓
- Width
- 72.9 mm ✓
- Colours
- Grey, Silver ✓
connectivity
- 3.5mm jack
- No ✓
- Bluetooth
- 6.0 ✓
- NFC
- Yes ✓
- USB
- USB-C ✓
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5 ✓
- 5G
- Yes ✓
software
- Operating system
- Android 16 ✓
other
- Model numbers
- APH-AN00 ✓
Spec data from GSMArena (CC BY 4.0).
Where you will be able to buy it
No report so far says which countries this one is for.
reports so far do not settle where it goes on sale.
| Country or region | When | Price | How it was put | Who says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 13 August 2026 | from ¥9,999 | Reported | 6 sources
across 11 reports, they roughly agree |
These are the places that have actually been mentioned in reports about this phone. A country missing from this list has not been ruled out — nobody writing about an unreleased phone lists the countries it is skipping, so we cannot tell either way.
Who called it right
Now that the real date is known, everyone who made a prediction gets marked. "Too late" means they said a later date than what actually happened.
| Source | Which date | How far off | Called it | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSMArena | Reveal | Spot on | 8 days ahead | +55.5 |
| GSMArena | Reveal | Spot on | 15 days ahead | +54.06 |
| 爱范儿 (ifanr) | On sale | Spot on | 5 days ahead | +51.31 |
| GizmoChina | On sale | Spot on | 4 days ahead | +49.43 |
| GSMArena | On sale | 2 days too early | 29 days ahead | +44.7 |
| Tom's Guide | On sale | 2 days too late | 3 days ahead | +38.76 |
| Digital Chat Station | Reveal | 4 days too late | 29 days ahead | +36.33 |
| GSMArena | Reveal | 15 days too early | 19 days ahead | +7.86 |
| HONOR Newsroom | On sale | 47 days too early | 170 days ahead | -24.64 |
How this date has moved
Every time we changed our mind, we wrote it down and never touched it again.
- 2 September 2026 On sale No change
Worked out on 16 Aug 2026 · range 23 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 · 9b0869ba2e…
- 2 September 2026 On sale No change
Worked out on 16 Aug 2026 · range 23 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 · e2584a8296…
- 2 September 2026 On sale 2 days earlier
Worked out on 16 Aug 2026 · range 23 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 · 14db07c6f3…
- 4 September 2026 On sale No change
Worked out on 16 Aug 2026 · range 24 Aug 2026 to 18 Sept 2026 · 6754fd67b5…
- 4 September 2026 On sale 4 days earlier
Worked out on 16 Aug 2026 · range 24 Aug 2026 to 18 Sept 2026 · 37df483dc0…
- 8 September 2026 On sale 8 days earlier
Worked out on 16 Aug 2026 · range 26 Aug 2026 to 27 Sept 2026 · d8c12e50c2…
- 16 September 2026 On sale First guess
Worked out on 16 Aug 2026 · range 29 Aug 2026 to 22 Nov 2026 · 44d90246e1…
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