Infinix Hot 10 Phone Review | Full Review | Full Specifications

Summary

The Infinix Hot 10, a budget contender that is providing much more than its competitors as per the specifications, has been with us for a few days now. The device straightaway competes with a number of the phones from already established brands in India like Xiaomi, Realme, and even Samsung.

With a price tag of Rs 8,999 for the 4GB/64GB variant and Rs 10,999 for the 6GB/128GB variant, the Infinix Hot 10 is in the territory of Redmi 9, Redmi 9 Prime, and the Narzo 10A. With this device, Infinix is trying to capture the budget segment but does it have what it takes to rule them all? Let's have a look.

In-Box Contents

Device itself

Wall Adapter

USB to Micro-USB cable

Transparent cover for the device

Manuals

Infinix Hot 10 Design

With a plastic body and frame, the device definitely feels big with the 6.78-inch HD display on the front along with a punch-hole camera up top.
Also, Infinix Hot 10 is certainly not made for single-handed usage. You will have to use both hands to reach the top of the screen.
Even though it is equipped with a 5200mAh huge battery, the device doesn't feel heavy in any way. Although, you can say goodbye to the premium feel if you were expecting any because as it's plastic, nothing in the device feels premium of any sort.
We have a quad-camera array alongside a fingerprint scanner on the rear which performed rather well and quickly unlocked the phone with no issues. On the right, we have the volume and power button, and on the left, there is the SIM tray with dual SIM support along with a dedicated memory card slot. Down below, we have a 3.5mm headphone jack, a mic, surprisingly a micro-USB port for charging, and a single mono speaker.

Infinix Hot 10 Display

Infinix Hot 10 comes with a 6.78-inch HD display with a resolution of 720×1640. The display is big and bright but isn't bright enough and outdoor visibility is definitely on the lower side. Even indoors the brightness feels low around 75% value. I had to keep it at a value of more than 80-85% for comfortable viewing in any scenario.
The overall experience on Hot 10 s good once you have such an enormous display in your hand on the other hand the resolution is simply 720p which if we compare to the competitors, proves to be enough. But all of the competitors like the Redmi 9 or Narzo 10A have a smaller display. And 720p resolution on a display this big definitely hurts.

Infinix Hot 10 Performance & Gaming

The Infinix Hot 10 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G70 paired with 6GB/4GB of RAM and 128GB/64GB of Storage. The variant we got had 6GB RAM and 128GB of Storage.
Performance-wise, the device was quick and aware of the commands I gave it. Be it multitasking or opening an app, the device did it in an instant. RAM management was also good with fast app launches.
The only thing that bothered me was the UI. The device runs on XOS based on Android 10 and I am definitely not a fan of the UI. The user interface felt a bit cartoon-ish and unfinished to me.
The elements were overlapping each other and the animations also sometimes feel choppy. The device doesn't feel as modern because it should in comparison to the competition. Although it's a personal preference, the UI definitely didn't impress me enough. Though the device does have features like gestures, gaming mode, peek mode where you'll see deleted WhatsApp messages, social turbo, and far more.

Coming to the gaming performance, the device surprisingly handled Asphalt 9 at max graphics with much ease. There were some frame drops but it did handle the game pretty well and was playable at constant 30-35fps. Talking about Call Of Duty Mobile, with this game too the device was able to run it smoothly at the maximum graphics settings available for the device which was 'Medium' with constant 60fps.

Infinix Hot 10 Camera

For the optics, Infinix Hot 10 has a quad-camera setup including a combination of a 16-megapixel primary sensor, two 2-megapixel sensors, and an AL lens. For the front, there's an 8-megapixel sensor housed within the hole-punch cut.
The pictures clicked in good lighting conditions were average or even below that. The colors looked fine with a below-average dynamic range. Some amount of sharpness was present but it wasn't up to the mark.
Portrait mode shots and close up shots looked good with decent edge detection and a good amount of bokeh effect. But the small print and sharpness in pictures were missing and that they looked quite soft.
The super macro mode does pick up details in a super close-up shot which I took of an OnePlus Nylon cover (below) as it does show the threads used in the case, but again the image was soft and a touch blurry when zoomed in.
It is an enormous No when it involves clicking selfies on Hot 10. The exposure is on the higher side and the picture comes out to be too bright with little to no colors. The picture clothed to be too soft and every one the colors were too faded. In our opinion, do not buy the device for selfies as the selfies are not even shareable.
The device does have a singular feature that you will not find in any smartphone at this price or even at any price point, which is, dual front flash that appears something like in the image below.
Under low-lighting and artificial lighting conditions, the camera even struggled further as the shots turned out to be too noisy and soft with faded colors and very fewer details.

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