Just in case you’re wondering. I promise, I haven’t sold my soul to infinix. Not yet anyways. Lol.
I’m just a bit intrigued about how phone brands manage to drop new phones every other day especially when we are just getting over the one they just released (please, who is with me here?). I’m also always excited to try them out, even if it means just browsing through a friend’s own to find out for myself what all the hype is about.
Luckily for me this time, I didn’t have to browse through a friend’s own or the one on display at phone stores because the wonderful people at infinix thought to gift me the infinix hot s – which is their latest release.
If you follow me on instagram, twitter or snapchat (follow, come on!) , you would already know this. I did an unboxing video on snapchat a short while back and I got more than a few people asking for a full post.
Again I’m not a techy person, so I’ll just do a visual unboxing here and also highlight what I love about this phone and how its an upgrade from the previous one here which is also pretty dope in itself.
The phone came with the basics – warranty card, manual, earphone and charger and the pin to open up the sim card slot.
I really like the packaging of the phone. I think the cream box is pretty to look at and I like that they displayed the main features of the phone on both the box and on the screen, so you can easily get a feel of what the phone contains at a glance immediately you unbox it (kind of like what I tried to do with the packaging of my blog planner here).
– HANDINESS.
Mine is the champagne gold colour and according to infinix – the body is made of full metal with slim edges to fit the hand. Yup! It sure does fit the hand.
– CAMERA QUALITY.
This is one major point of upgrade from the hot 3, which I thought had great camera quality. This comes with a 13MP back camera and 8MP front camera. I noticed that even in low light conditions, the pictures still come out quite okay. It also has a wide angle selfie. Something for some weird reason, I never even noticed in my other phones but somehow noticed in this one.
– DISPLAY.
I LOVE how crisp and clear the display of this phone is! I’m not even talking about camera quality here, I mean how pictures and even web pages/instagram look here. I transferred a picture to both my other phone and this phone and it looked way clearer and more appealing on my infinix. It has a 5’2inch display and resolution is Full HD (1080 x 1980 pixels).
FINGER PRINT SENSOR | FINGER PRINT YOUR SELFIE.
The #InfinixHotS is the first Infinix device to have the fingerprint sensor ability which I absolutely love!
It is not only a security feature (to unlock the phone) but also comes in handy for taking selfies and answering calls by just tapping the fingerprint sensor at the back.
There’s also the magic movie feature , although that honestly isn’t my best feature of the phone but its a fun app to take videos with and heyy! It comes in handy to distract your small cousins with – I know mine love having fun with it.
The phone also comes with inbuilt quotes that show on the locked screen. Apparently, that’s one thing most of their phones have but this is my first experience of it and I found it pretty cool.
It has a non removable battery cover, which I’m not exactly a huge fan of but I find that it works for some people so there’s that. I’m also not a big fan of how the apps are arranged in a vertical position, instead of the usual horizontal fashion, but that can be easily fixed by downloading the google now (thanks to Deola) for this fix up.
It is a dual sim phone but plot twist! You have to choose between putting in a second sim or a memory card, so technically one micone micro sim and a memory card or two micro sims and no memory card.
You can use the phone as a power bank to charge up your other phones with the help of an OTG cord. It supports 4GLte, Memory size and battery life can be seen in the picture of the box up there as well.
Also, what do you look out(/what are the important factors) for when you’re picking a phone to buy? I never used to check memory size and that’s how I ended up with an 8GB phone that never seems to have space regardless of me not having lots of app. I know better now though!
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I love Infinix phones like!
They're affordable and have really cool features. The sensor thingie sounds really interesting.
Lovely pictures of the phone and packaging. Is this the new lens reporting?
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I noticed that you do! Yes, it is really interesting.
What new lens? You mean my camera lens?
Yea, your camera lens.
Oh I've had it for long now. It's no longer new but yes, it's the "new lens"
Now I'm tempted.
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The pictures are amazing and i love the phone beautiful looks! I haven't used any of Infinix products before but lets if i got chanced, this might be my first Infinix device:)
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They are good phones provided they have more than a 1 gig ram.If not hanging and lagging is your best friend and then frustration will set it.I just sold the one I talked about in that post you did of the hot 3 I think.The lag was real.
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I can imagine! And me that I can be very impatient, I might just throw the phone out of annoyance one day
The fact that the Infinix Hot S comes with a 2GB RAM is really cool. The fingerprint thingy is also an added advantage.Infinix is really doing well compared with others, in my opinion.
Lol @ sold your soul. Looks pretty decent I think, especially for the price. For now, I'm crushing on some other tech devices! Maybe some good people can send me some? Loool!
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I think it's amazing that the infinix brand keeps improving with every new phone that they release.
I haven't used any infinix phone before but I could use this one if for no reason other than the finger print sensor for better selfies. ☺😂🙈
Right?! I've used an infinix phone before. I used the hot 1 for the better part of last year and yes I can definitely see the improvements between the one I had back then and the ones I've used this year.
This review is interesting and all of a sudden I want an infinix phone 😔😔😔
The sensor thingy sounds intresting & fun
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Loool! Funke! My people will call this "Anya ukwu" 😝
Oh yes, it is. Knowing that no one can unlock my phone at home without my finger print. Not like i have anything to hide though 😑😑
I like how detailed your review is. I've never used an Infinix phone, but looking at the price point and comparing it with other phones on the market tight now, it looks like a great deal for less!
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^_^ Thank you! I guess I did good for a non tech blogger right? 😄
I sent your IG photo to Cakes, so he can consider getting one for his bakery – they need great shots of the cakes at an affordable price. Me sha, I'm a Samsung girl. My phone also doesn't have a removable battery but I think it's because you can use the phone underwater. At least that's my theory.
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You making me wanna get an infinix phone oh
Looks beautiful! The price kinda shocked me tho. Maybe because I was expecting it to be in the usual 20-30 bracket. But then it really worths it. With the fingerprint stuff and all. Definitely worths it. It's pretty and your flatlay game is top notch oh.
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As someone who is not a fan of Infinix, I'm already I love with this one. This might be my next phone. But pls, since it is metal, hope it doesn't shock while charging because some HTC phones do?
Lol! Forreal? The first time it shocked you, you must have been surprised 😂😂😂
No this one doesn't shock. At least it hasn't shocked me
Nice review. I love the new features definitely a big upgrade. I'm considering getting myself a budget friendly phone and infinix sounds like a good fix but just in case any of my sponsors come across this comment.
Biko, i still want my samsung S7(lol). I'm very loyal to samsung but infinix is definitely calling me.
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I am an absolute lover of the Infinix brand and I used an Infinix Zero before I forgot in in a cab charging. I am currently using the Note 2 and its been great ever since. When I went to buy the Note 2, I saw one of their products: the Zero 3. That one looks like a remote I swear, it was too long for my liking.
Please, I didn't understand what you were saying about the sim card and memory card
Oh please forgive me for not being clear. What I mean is that there are two slots yes and you can either put one sim card and one memory card or two sim cards and no memory card. Do you get?
I want to change but I just got the infinix hot note 2😢😢😢😢😢😑😑
Hello from your review thephone seems decent
but hows the smapchat camera.like.is.the quality.okay or not
Hello from your review thephone seems decent
but hows the smapchat camera.like.is.the quality.okay or not
I used Infinx hot when it came out. It's one of their cheaper phones and I bought it on promo for about 13k. The phone was awesome till I destroyed it. may it rest in peace. It fell everywhere all the time. It had no casing or protection, save the screen guard and I was overusing it for reading textbooks, candy crush, hours on instagram and endless chatting. If I would buy another not Samsung or Iphone phone, it would be infinix. They were awesome.