Honor imaging lab is getting a major upgrade as the company says it is now being aligned with ARRI technical lab standards and formally repositioned as a film industry imaging lab.
The announcement came from Fang Fei, president of Honor Terminal Co.’s product line. She said Honor’s imaging work is entering a new stage, with the company raising its internal lab standard to match the benchmark used by ARRI, one of the best-known names in professional cinema cameras.
According to Fang, ARRI has already delivered equipment from its ALEXA cinema camera lineup to Honor. That hardware will be used in future product research and development, and she added that users are expected to see the first results of the partnership in the upcoming Robot Phone and Honor’s next flagship devices.
The report also ties this move back to Honor’s global launch event at MWC 2026 in March, when the company announced a strategic technology partnership with ARRI. At that time, Honor said the collaboration would first land on the world’s first Robot Phone, combining Honor’s mobile imaging work with ARRI’s long-established cinema shooting expertise.
Honor hasn’t fully launched the Robot Phone yet, but the device remains one of the company’s most unusual projects. CEO Li Jian previously confirmed that the phone is set to reach the market in the third quarter, so this lab upgrade looks like part of the preparation behind that release.
For now, the key takeaway is that Honor is treating imaging as more than just a phone camera feature. By bringing in ARRI-level tools and standards, the company is clearly trying to push its mobile camera development closer to professional filmmaking workflows.
