In a 2-minute, 40-second video uploaded to its YouTube channel on Thursday, Honor teased what appears to be a smartphone with a DJI Osmo-like gimbal camera on the back.

The phone looks like a regular smartphone at first, but on the back, it features a pop-up camera mounted on a gimbal-like robotic arm that swings out. Although the teaser video gives the impression of being AI-generated, Honor said that the phone is real and that more details will be shared at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next year.

Smartphones with pop-up cameras aren’t new with brands like Asus and Oppo have previously experimented with camera modules that physically flip over the top of the display. However, Honor may be taking the next step by designing a new type of pop-up camera, not to simply offer an

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