Infinix is currently one of the leading smartphone brands in Nigeria. Arguably, the “Hot” series has been its most popular set of phones that users look forward to new versions of. Today, we compare Hot 7, 8 and 9.
Since 2014, Infinix has been a major player in the smartphone market in Nigeria. They have regularly put out high-quality phones at relatively low prices. They, along with Tecno, are the smartphone of choice for many users who want to enjoy high-quality smartphones without the bank-breaking prices that iOS and Samsung phones call for. This meant that more Nigerians have had access to good smartphones. Considering the continually weakening naira, they have been a huge blessing to many.
An overview of the Infinix Hot series
The first in the Infinix Hot series was the Infinix Hot (X507), which was released in 2015. Since then, Infinix has produced other newer versions with the same “Hot” denominator. Every phone from Hot 2 till date has been an update on the former. This is the reason why many smartphone lovers usually wait keenly for the next release.
In spite of the continuous updates on Infinix Hot smartphones, the phone is generally budget-friendly. This means that it doesn’t perform as well as some other Infinix products in the market.
For most Infinix Hot smartphones released, there are usually “Lite” versions. These versions usually incorporate the software updates of the normal phones with lesser hardware capacity and come at a lower price. The Lite versions also look identical to their standard counterparts.
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Comparing Infinix Hot 7, 8 and 9 in Nigeria
With all that said, let’s do a comparison of Infinix Hot 7, 8 and 9. We want to know what changed with each new release, and what it costs to get each of them. So we’ll do this comparison by posting an overview of each along with their full specifications.
Infinix Hot 7
Infinix Hot 7 (a.k.a Infinix X624) was introduced in January 2019. The phone features a notch design, a large battery and large display.
Design and display
Hot 7 inherits the notch design of Hot 6X with reduced bezels. The phone body is made of plastic with a glass touchscreen.
The phone offers users a sizeable 6.26-inch IPS LCD screen working alongside 720 X 1500 pixels resolution. The reduced bezels give you more screen area for display ease.
A camera sensor and dual-LED flash are located at the backside. A few millimetres away is the fingerprint scanner, which can be easily used with the index finger.
Hardware and software
Seeing as the Hot 7 is a low-price smartphone, it’s not a surprise that its producers install an entry-level chipset in it. The chipset used is the MediaTek MT6580P. On the chipset is a quad-core 1.3GHz CPU.
Infinix Hot 7 also doesn’t have 4G LTE capabilities and only supports 3G and 2G. it makes use of dual-standby micro-sims.
For the phone’s RAM and internal memory, there are three variants of the phone available. The product with the 1GB RAM comes with 16GB internal memory and that of 2GB RAM has a 32GB internal memory. The last one, which is 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory, is not readily available in Nigeria. The internal memory of any one of the phones you buy is expandable with a Micro SD card.
The device is pre-loaded with Android 8.1 Oreo OS.
Camera and battery
The Infinix Hot 7 has AI function on its front and back cameras. The phone’s front camera is 8MP while its rear camera is 13MP. The front camera has an LED flash for capturing low-light pictures while its rear camera comes with a dual-LED flash.
The phone has a 4,000mAh non-removable battery, which gives enough power to run your phone for about 2 days on standby. The phone does not offer fast-charging or wireless charging capabilities. It uses a USB 2.0 port for charging and data transfer.
Infinix Hot 7 price and availability
At the time of writing, the phone is a bit scarce to see in online stores. However, you might have better luck in physical phone shops. Infinix Hot 7 price in Nigeria ranges from N38,000 to N46,000 depending on location and the variant of the phone you’re going for.
Infinix Hot 7 key specs and features
- 2-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1500 x 720 pixels
- Android 8.1 Oreo
- Quad-core MediaTek MT6580P CPU with 1GB/2GB RAM
- 16GB / 32GB built-in storage; up to 128GB with a memory card
- 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera
- HSDPA/3G/2G
- Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
- Loudspeaker – Yes
- 5mm earpiece jack
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
- Bluetooth 4.0
- GPS – Yes, with A-GPS
- FM radio
- MicroUSB 2.0
- 4, 000 mAh non-removable Li-ion Battery
- Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
- Announced 2019, January
- Released 2019, January
- Price: N40,000
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Infinix Hot 8
The Infinix Hot 8 is the successor to the Infinix Hot 7 and Hot 7 Pro. It offers improved performance with better battery capacity.
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Design and display
Infinix ditched the wide notch of Hot 7 and adopted the waterdrop-style notch on this phone. The phone has a slightly wider 6.6-inch IPS screen with a 20:9 aspect ratio. An impressive 82% of the phone’s front real estate is the screen. The screen resolution is 720 X 1600.
On the back of the Infinix Hot 8, we have a horizontal triple-camera arrangement to the top-left corner. The fingerprint scanner is positioned at the back too firmly in the top-middle position of the phone.
Worthy of note, though, is that the back of this phone is made of glass so users would need to take extra care with it.
The Infinix Hot 8 comes in colour options of Quetzal Cyan, Cosmic Purple, Shark Grey and Midnight Black.
Hardware and software
Infinix offers users two different chipsets for different configurations of the Hot 8. The 2GB/3GB RAM + 32GB ROM storage option of the smartphone comes with a MediaTek MT6761 Helio A22 chipset, while the 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM option uses the MT6762 chipset.
The former is a quad-core chipset and the latter is an Octa-core. The second model of the Infinix Hot 8, with Octa-core and 4GB RAM would cater more for users looking for better performance for gaming and multitasking.
Both units come with an Android 9 Pie operating system with the in-house XOS 5.0 running on top.
The phone supports 4G LTE, 3G and 2G, and uses dual standby SIMs. This is the first Infinix Hot phone that switched from Micro-sim to Nano-sim.
Camera and battery
In front of the Infinix Hot 8 is an 8MP camera for selfie needs. On the back, the main 13MP camera is designed for wide image capturing, paired with a 2MP sensor for better depth capturing. There is a third sensor (QVGA camera) in there whose function is to aid clarity of pictures taken in low light.
