Infinix Hot 8 Summary
Infinix Hot 8 smartphone was launched on 4th September 2019. The phone comes with a 6.52-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720x1600 pixels.
Infinix Hot 8 is powered by a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 processor. It comes with 4GB of RAM.
The Infinix Hot 8 runs Android Pie and is powered by a 5,000mAh battery.
As far as the cameras are concerned, the Infinix Hot 8 on the rear packs a 13-megapixel primary camera with an f/1,8 aperture and a second 2-megapixel camera. The rear camera setup has phase detection autofocus. It sports a 8-megapixel camera on the front for selfies, with an f/2.0 aperture.
The Infinix Hot 8 runs XOS 5.0 based on Android Pie and packs 64GB of inbuilt storage that can be expanded via microSD card (up to 256GB) with a dedicated slot. The Infinix Hot 8 is a dual-SIM smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards.
Connectivity options on the Infinix Hot 8 include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth v5.00, USB OTG, Micro-USB, and FM radio. Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass/ magnetometer, proximity sensor, and fingerprint sensor. The Infinix Hot 8 supports face unlock.
The Infinix Hot 8 measures 165.00 x 76.30 x 8.70mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 179.00 grams. It was launched in Quetzal Cyan and Cosmic Purple colours.
Design, Display
The latest Infinix Hot 8 smartphone with drop notch display looks like any other budget smartphone from the front. The device is built out of plastic, and features a generic design. The company did try to spice things up with gradient paint jobs. The phone comes in four color options – Quetzal Cyan, Cosmic Purple, Shark Grey and Midnight Black. We got a Quetzal Cyan review unit that looks nice. But, the glossy back picks up fingerprints easily. The phone is not as slippery as the looks
Something that many users will appreciate on the phone is the multi-card slot, which includes dedicated slots for SIM cards and a microSD card. Infinix has added a micro-USB port at the bottom, that is par for the course at this price point. The big display makes it a bit difficult for one-hand use. Moreover, reaching out to the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner is a bit difficult too. The same is not the case with side buttons.
Performance and software
The smartphone draws its power from a MediaTek Helio P22 chipset, which you will mostly find in any other phone at this price point. The company is offering the phone in 4GB RAM option. It comes with only 64GB storage model, which is more than adequate for an entry-level phone as well as impressive given the price point. Moreover, you can expand that further via the microSD slot.
The Hot 8 offers basic-level performance. Multitasking on this phone is not that great. We noticed that the phone often restarts a game minutes after jumping between apps. In addition, large apps also take time to load. Casual games like Subway Surfers, and Candy Crush ran smoothly. But a few graphically intensive games like PUBG Mobile took a while to start, and it was set to its low graphics settings by default. It is also worth noting that we didn’t witness any overheating, even when playing heavy titles.
