Infinix’s new gaming smartphone for the budget segment packs impressive specs for its price tag. The smartphone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7020 chipset and flaunts an LCD panel that can hit 700 nits in High Brightness Mode. It also gets a fully customisable ‘One Tap’ AI button. To justify the ‘gaming smartphone’ label, the device offers support for 90fps within certain titles. Priced at Rs 10,4999, it is one of the best bargains around. We used the smartphone for a week to take a close look at its gaming chops and everyday performance. Here is our review of the Infinix Hot 60 5G.
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Infinix Hot 60 5G Review: Design and Display
Here’s what you get inside the Infinix Hot 60’s retail box:
- Smartphone
- Power adapter
- USB Type-A to Type-C cable
- Hard plastic case
- SIM ejector
- User manual
- Warranty card
The Infinix Hot 60 has a clean and minimal design. Its plastic back panel has a matte finish, which offers a nice in-hand feel. The triple camera array is neatly arranged in a vertical layout. The camera panel has an orange tint along the border. The back panel is completely flat, but its edges are slightly rounded.
The plastic frame houses the volume rocker, side key, and orange One Tap AI button on its right edge. The latter has a ridged texture. The side key doubles as the fingerprint scanner. The hybrid SIM card slot is positioned on the left edge of the frame. At the bottom lies the 3.5mm headphone jack, microphone, USB Type-C port, and speaker.
The 6.7-inch IPS LCD panel has a 120Hz refresh rate and can reach 700 nits in High Brightness Mode. The display has a smooth touch response and maintains decent legibility in outdoor conditions. The bezels surrounding the display get thicker around the chin. The front-facing camera is housed in a punch-hole cutout. One of the interesting things about this LCD panel is that it supports Always On Display. Tapping the screen in standby mode displays a clock face and pending notifications. This isn’t a ‘true’ AOD, since that would cause screen burn-in and drain the battery at a faster rate.
During the review period, we used the Infinix Hot 60 as our primary media-streaming device. Its 720 x 1,600p display can play FHD content. While the LCD panel isn’t able to recreate the dynamic range and deep blacks of its AMOLED counterparts, the viewing experience on offer here is pretty good. The colours are punchy and the visuals are sharp. The lone bottom-firing speaker produces a loud, albeit boxy audio output.
Infinix Hot 60 5G Review: Performance and Cameras
At the heart of the Infinix Hot 60 lies the MediaTek Dimensity 7020 chipset. Interestingly, this is a more powerful processor than the MediaTek Helio G200 SoC powering the Pro+ variant. The Hot 60 is available in a single 128GB (UFS) storage and 6GB (LPDDR5X) RAM option. Here’s how the smartphone performed in the Geekbench 6 app:
- Single-core: 910 points.
- Multi-core: 2,223 points.
The Infinix Hot 60 holds up pretty well in everyday use. It easily handles routine tasks like video calling, instant messaging, emailing, web browsing, and media streaming. With LPDDR5X RAM onboard, the smartphone does a phenomenal job of juggling different apps. However, the slow storage configuration takes time to load apps. This is the case with every budget smartphone, so we can let it slide.
When it comes to gaming, the Infinix Hot 60 steers ahead of its peers. Its MediaTek Dimensity 7020 chipset does a good job of handling the graphics in titles like Call of Duty Mobile and BGMI. The smartphone also supports 90fps gaming in some titles, which is very rare in this segment. We played Call of Duty Mobile in medium graphics with the frame rate set to 60fps. The gameplay offered by the smartphone was free of stutters and frame drops. However, the back panel started warming up after 30 minutes of gaming.
Handling the OS duties on the Infinix Hot 60 is the Android 15-based XOS 15. What we like about this smartphone is that it is packed with AI features. Long-pressing the One Tap AI button triggers Infinix’s in-house Folax Assistant. This assistant is based on the DeepSeek R1 model. Long-pressing the side button gives you access to Google’s Gemini AI. The smartphone also runs Google’s Circle to Search. In the Camera app, the One Tap AI button acts as the shutter button. You can customise this button to launch any app or carry out a certain task with a double-press.
Infinix’s AI suite has a wide range of useful features. Pulling the sidebar from the edge of the screen suggests AI tools and action based on the contents of the page. If you’re typing a message or email, the Writing Assistant will help you proofread the text. If you’re reading an article, the sidebar will give you the option to summarise it. Once Folax AI comes up with a summary, you can ask it follow-up questions regarding the text. The Call Assistant features let you screen and summarise your calls. The only missing feature in this AI suite is an object remover for images.
The Infinix Hot 60 packs a 5,200mAh battery. During the review period, we were able to get a day’s worth of battery life out of the device. Our daily tasks included calling, texting, media streaming, web browsing, gaming, and navigation. The smartphone supports 18W wired charging. It took almost 2 hours to fully charge the device using the charger provided in the box.
While the rear camera panel of the Infinix Hot 60 may flaunt 3 sensors, only one of them is functional. This 50MP primary shooter takes decent pictures in outdoor daylight conditions. While the images are a little soft, they pack vivid colours and good dynamic range. In limited lighting conditions, the smartphone struggles to light up the subject, and the images are quite grainy.
In Portrait Mode, the primary shooter does a good job of keeping the subject in focus and separating it from the background. However, the background blur effect leaves more to be desired. The 8MP front-facing camera takes good and clear selfies, keeping the skin-brightening effects to a minimum. The primary shooter and selfie camera can record 2K videos at 30fps.
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Verdict
The Infinix Hot 60 5G is an amazing deal at Rs 10,499. Its gritty processor and expansive AI suite add a lot of value to the price tag. In everyday use, the smartphone does not present any hurdle whatsoever. The gaming performance is smooth and stutter-free, which is something we don’t get to say that often about smartphones in this segment. The camera performance is on par with other budget phones. When it comes to the battery, the Hot 60 offers a standard one-day battery life even with heavy usage.
Infinix Hot 60 5G: Pros
- Clean design
- AI features
- Good gaming performance
- Affordable
Infinix Hot 60 5G: Cons
- Contains bloatware
- Slow charging speed
