Honor's Influencer-Coded Robot Phone Set for Fall Launch in China

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When Chinese phone company Honor first teased its Robot Phone back at the end of last year, I wondered if the concept would ever see the light of day. But after interacting with an early version of the device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in March, I became convinced it was really going to happen. Now, it has a launch date -- well almost.

Honor is set to launch the Robot Phone officially in Q3 this year in China, the company announced after taking the device on a night out at the Cannes Film Festival last week. As for Honor's Humanoid Robot, which also made its debut at MWC? It looks like that might not be quite ready for a full consumer launch just yet.

When I saw the Robot Phone working at MWC, it struck me as being part of a trendin which we're starting...

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