Forget the DJI Pocket 4 – Honor's ‘Robot Phone’ concept builds a gimbal-mounted camera into your smartphone

• Honor release AI video of concept Robot Phone
• Suggested to feature advanced AI tools and gimbal-mounted fold-up camera
• Honor hopes to reinvent smartphones as "more than just a tool"

Honor has just released details of its new concept smartphone, dubbed the ‘Robot Phone’, and it’s all kinds of strange.

In an announcement video that has all the makings of a teaser trailer for a Disney animated movie, complete with a sweeping score, the Chinese manufacturer revealed a CGI rendering of its new phone concept. The so-called Robot Phone features a gimbal-mounted camera assembly that folds out from the back of the device and swings through 180 degrees, to enable selfie capture and photography from a range of other angles.

This arm has a striking resemblance to the rumored DJI Osmo Pocket 4, but with the convenience of being integrated into the body of a smartphone.