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Infinix Hot 12 Hands on Review

After launching Infinix Hot 12 Play, and Hot 12 Pro, Infinix has launched Infinix Hot 12 smartphone in the Hot 12 series. Here’s Infinix Hot 12 Unboxing, Photo Gallery, First Look

Infinix Hot 12 has a 6.82-inch notch display, a Power and volume button on the right, SIM Tray on the left, MicroUSB, and Speaker on the bottom. On the Rear, it has a 50MP Triple rear camera, fingerprint scanner, and Infinix branding. It has a gradient finish design with a plastic build. Overall build quality is good, not usable with a single hand.

On Display, it has a 6.82-inch (1640 x 720 pixels) HD+ IPS LCD Notch screen with a 20.5:9 aspect ratio, 90Hz refresh rate, up to 480 nits brightness, the display produces good colors and viewing angles, and outdoor brightness is decent. FHD+ display at this price range would have been better.

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Infinix Hot 12 is powered by an Octa Core MediaTek Helio G37 processor with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU. It comes with 4GB LPDDR4x RAM up to 3GB of virtual RAM and 64GB (eMMC 5.1) storage which is further expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD. In terms of normal use, performance is good, and Gaming performance is average. Infinix Hot 12 Pro and Hot 12 Play offer better performance.

On Camera, it has a 50MP rear camera with f/1.6 aperture, Quad LED flash, 2MP depth sensor, AI camera, and 8MP front camera. Camera modes include AI camera, beauty, portrait, super night, panorama, document, slow motion, time-lapse, and short video. The main sensor captures good images in good lighting conditions, low light is average.

It runs on Android 11 with XOS 10. It comes with a Rear-mounted Fingerprint sensor which works fast. 3.5mm audio jack, DTS audio output is decent, and voice call quality is good. Connectivity options include Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.1, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C.

It is packed by a 6000mAh battery with 18W fast charging. It takes around 3 Hours to charge fully. In our battery test, we got around 10 Hours of battery backup. On normal, u can easily get 2 days of battery life.

Infinix Hot 12 is priced at Rs. 9,499 It will be available from August 23rd via Flipkart. It offers a 90Hz refresh Rate, a 50MP Camera, good battery life, but Performance is average. Infinix Hot 12 Play, and Hot 12 Pro offer better value for money.