Out with their latest flagship, Infinix is looking to steal the low end market with a more premium offering than its competitors: The Infinix Hot 5. Priced at Rs. 13,500, this phone is perfect for those on a budget.

Diamond cutting edge design

The Infinix Hot 5 sports a diamond cutting edge design on the back which is bound to be aesthetically pleasing to the younger users. The back is also home to the fingerprint scanner which unlocks in 0.2s. The front of the phone has a 5-inch 720p IPS LCD display. This means your phone will have a decent pixel density of 293ppi. There are dual stereo speakers on the top and bottom of the display which utilize Dirac Stereo Widening technology for excellent audio output.

Full-HD camera in a budget phone

As with all smartphones nowadays, the Infinix Hot 5 comes with an 8MP main camera and a 5MP front facing one. Both are accompanied with LED flash to brighten up your photos, even your selfies. The main camera records 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second that’s more than ample footage quality at this price point.

Hardware

Under the hood of the Infinix Hot 5 is a MediaTek MT6580 chipset which comprises of 4 processors all running at 1.3GHz. Coupled with 2GB of RAM and Android 7.0 Nougat, the phone will be good for light usage but definitely lag for the more power reliant users. There’s 16GB of internal memory on board for all your media with the option of extension via a microSD card.