Infinix has been launching new devices in the Kenyan market for the past few months. The latest one in their portfolio is the Infinix Hot 10T.
Infinix Hot 10T is the newest device in the company’s Hot 10 line which includes the Infinix Hot 10, Infinix Hot 10 Play, Infinix Hot 10S and Infinix Hot 10 Lite.
We’ve been using the Infinix Hot 10T for a good amount of time, taking it through its paces including a comparison review with the Samsung Galaxy A12 and now here’s our full review.
Before we begin, here’s what you get in the box:
- 10W power brick
- micro-usb charging cable
- hard back plastic case
- screen protector
- pair of earphones
Design
Infinix Hot 10T is a nicely designed smartphone. It has a glossy finish that weirdly not a magnet for fingerprint smudges.
The back features a curved lines pattern, a camera bump at the top left, a fingerprint sensor at the top centre and Infinix branding at the bottom left.
Infinix Hot 10T is huge and a little heavy but not that hefty enough for one-hand use.
The power and volume buttons are easily accessible, positioned centrally to where your thumb would naturally rest when using the phone.
The fingerprint sensor is also reachable for quick unlocking. You can use face unlock too. Both are equally fast.
At the bottom, we have a micro-usb charging port, headphone jack, microphone and speaker grille.
Coming to the front we have the 6.82″ display that has 720p resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. The top bezel houses the two LED flash and we also have the waterdrop notch.
The display served my multimedia needs very well. The good thing is that 90Hz is enabled by default.
I enjoyed browsing the web, scrolling social media, playing games, binging tv shows and trilogies. The display is surprisingly good even outdoors.
Everything was smooth and snappier thanks to the high refresh rate.
Infinix Hot 10T comes in various colours including Morandi Green, 7° Purple and 95° Black.
Overall, you’ll love using the Infinix Hot 10T.
Performance
Infinix Hot 10T rocks Android 11 and XOS 7.6. Both are latest operating system and user interface from Google and Infinix respectively so you are getting the best of both worlds.
Android 11 features a redesigned media player, bubble chat heads, grouped notifications, more restrictive permissions, notifications history, ability to pin apps in the share menu, a more granular Do Not Disturb mode, seamless updates, Multitasking pane, improved autofill, suggested apps, biometric authentication, among a host of other useful features.
XOS 7.6 also brings neat tricks up its sleeve including Social Turbo, Game Mode, Peek Proof, Theft Alert, tweaks to the graphical user interface, XClone, among others.
XOS still has its drawbacks – you still get bloatware apps and suggested apps to download. You can easily uninstall these unnecessary apps and install a third-party launcher to customize your experience on the Infinix Hot 10T.
Software aside, Infinix really packed heavy with the internals.
You are getting 4GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. Infinix Hot 10T also rocks a Helio G70 chip and Mali G52 GPU.
At this price point, T better stand for terrific performance. I lauded the regular Hot 10 launched last year for its performance but the newer Hot 10T swept me off my feet.
Everything runs pretty smooth thanks to the hardware upgrade and the 90Hz refresh rate.
Infinix Hot 10T runs amazingly fast, speedily opening and switching between apps, powering my long gaming sessions including heavy games such as PUGBG, Genshin Impact, Among Us, Critical Ops, Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition, Two Dots, Alto’s Odyssey, Ninja Arashi 2, Asphalt 9 Legends, NFS No Limits, Dead Trigger 2 and Atomas with zero hiccups.
In terms of gaming settings, PUBG played at its highest settings with the High Frame option(it averaged around 118fps) and HD Graphics.
Infinix Hot 10T is the perfect workhorse
Light use on the Infinix Hot 10T will be a breeze, be it checking up emails, social media, and streaming. Talking of streaming, Infinix Hot 10T has stereo sound thanks to the bottom-facing speakers and the earpiece on the top.
It can get loud without the distortion so your entertainment needs are well met.
This performance makes it rank up high when compared with other rival smartphones in this price point and even those a little bit expensive.
Battery
Infinix Hot 10T comes with a huge 5000mAh battery. It was so hard to exhaust this battery even with my heavy consumption. My screen-on-time averaged between 6 and 8 hours on heavy and light use repectively.
You can extend the battery life with the Power Marathon features including Power Boost and Ultra-power saving and pull the smartphone’s battery for another day.
So you are in good hands in terms of battery life performance.
One drawback is that when the phone completely dies, you’ll need close to 3 hours to fully juice it up. Infinix included a 10W power brick.
It would have been handy to have a a type-C port and probably fast charging.
Cameras
The camera performance was another upgrade the Infinix Hot 10T excels at.
Infinix Hot 10T has a tripe camera setup at the back and a selfie camera housed in the waterdrop notch.
We have a 48MP main camera, a 2MP depth camera and an AI lens. At the front we have an 8MP selfie camera. We also have a quad-LED flash at the back and dual-LED flash at the top bezel .
You can play around with different modes such as Portrait mode, panorama, HDR, Beauty, 48MP mode, Short Video, Video, Video Bokeh mode, Slowmotion, AR shot, and Timelapse.
We have Super Night mode included to help with lowlight photography. I loved how it captured nighttime selfies and regular shots as you’ll see below that came out with sufficient colour and detail.
Photos turned out pretty well – respectable enough to share on social media platforms. You are getting pics with decent dynamic range, details and a little saturated colours for most shots.
You’ll love the background blur on selfies and regular shots. There’s video bokeh mode too for both selfie and regular videos. You can adjust the blur level if you want.
The Hot 10T also has the ability to shoot 2K video for both selfies and videos.
Here are some samples:
Selfies, Portraits
Infinix Hot 10T selfie 1 Infinix Hot 10T portrait 1 Infinix Hot 10T selfie 5 Infinix Hot 10T portrait 5 Infinix Hot 10T selfie 2 Infinix Hot 10T portrait 2 Infinix Hot 10T selfie 3 Infinix Hot 10T portrait 3 Infinix Hot 10T beauty selfie 2 Infinix Hot 10T portrait 2
Regular Shots
Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 1 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 6 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 77 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 10 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot wide 6 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 9 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 8 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 7 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 5 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 4 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 3 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 2 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot wide 5 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot wide 1 Infinix Hot 10T bokeh 17 Infinix Hot 10T bokeh 14 Infinix Hot 10T bokeh 13 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 21 Infinix Hot 10T bokeh 12 Infinix Hot 10T regular shot 11 Infinix Hot 10T bokeh 11
Lowlight Selfies
Infinix Hot 10T lowlight selfie 1 Infinix Hot 10T lowlight portrait 1
Super Night Mode Shots
Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 19 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 18 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 17 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 16 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 15 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 14 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 13 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 12 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 11 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 10 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 9 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 8 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 7 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 4 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 3 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 2 Infinix Hot 10T SuperNight Mode 1
The cameras on the Infinix Hot 10T were pretty versatile and for a phone at this price point, you are getting your money’s worth and then some more in terms of photography and videography performance.
Verdict
Infinix Hot 10T is an incredible smartphone – well-rounded features including powerful performance, nicely designed, capable cameras, strong battery life, a decent screen with a high refresh rate and a dependable software experience.
Infinix put value where it mattered for smartphones at this segment with the Hot 10T. It now climbs up the ladder in our list of best Infinix smartphones to buy in the country.
Pricing and Availability
Infinix Hot 10T is being sold in two variants, the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage will retail for Ksh 17,499 while the 4GB RAM and 64GB version will go for Ksh 15,499.
You can purchase it online on XPARK and retail partner e-commerce sites like Jumia with free exclusive gifts[Direct Link] Infinix Hot 10T will be available in all authorized Infinix outlets countrywide listed below.
Town | Location | STORE NAME |
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Nairobi | Shops along Moi avenue | 1. Ropem kc |
Art | ||
Ropem moi avenue | ||
Smart hub | ||
Photohive | ||
Carlifornia | ||
Lemuma | ||
Wataalam communication | ||
Shops along Tom Mboya | Infinix trends brandshop | |
Central electronics | ||
Dream world communication. | ||
Queens mobile. | ||
Ronald Ngala street | Dalnurio | |
Scorpio | ||
Bidan. | ||
Smart plus. | ||
Tricom cianda | ||
Mama Ngina street | Infochoice. | |
NAKURU | Shops along Mburu Gichua rd | Direct mobile |
Tenco exclusive brandshop | ||
Phonelink | ||
Winacom | ||
Pali capital | ||
Sparks | ||
Shops along Kenyatta avenue | Devi stationers | |
Digitronics 2 | ||
Shariff electronic | ||
Samchi telecom | ||
Ropem | ||
Brighter brands | ||
Target one | ||
Shops along Urma Dini rd | Techspa communication | |
Nakuru brandshop |
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NYAHURURU | Shop along Kenyatta avenue | Mukuyu mobiles |
Jamara Swinger | ||
Happy go | ||
NAIVASHA | Shop along biashara street | Narasha |
Netspace | ||
Celtech | ||
KERICHO | Shop along john kerich road | Smartchoice |
Temik | ||
Shivling | ||
Shop along moi road | Evident communication | |
Fairprice | ||
T.discount | ||
Advatech narok | ||
Shop along temple road | Vision gate | |
Moonlight | ||
Roimax/kiene | ||
Keromatt |
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BOMET | Shop around Main Stage | Classic mobile |
South c | ||
Techplex | ||
Mercy communication | ||
Keromatt 2 | ||
KISII | Shops along Hospital road | Fone fun |
Matrix | ||
City Hub | ||
West link | ||
Shops along Mai mahiu kisumu raid | Galool. A | |
Galool. B | ||
Digitex. | ||
Brothers | ||
Dabniil | ||
Vima | ||
New California | ||
Smartcomm | ||
Mueingene | ||
Shops along Sansora road | MJ phones III | |
MJ phones | ||
One two One | ||
Kisii Matt | ||
Keromatt | ||
MERU | Shops along NJURI NCEEKE STREET | Mkenya smartphone |
Mkenya annex. | ||
Qkuicom connect | ||
C & M fastcom | ||
Shops along KIRUKURI STREET | Snowman enterprises | |
Shop Around (Uchumi supermarket) | Town mobile centre |
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Shops along Ghana street | City mobile | |
EMBU | Shops along KUBUKUBU STREET | Telematt mobile |
Ideal quality Makuti | ||
Embumatt mobile | ||
Shops along Jomo Kenyatta Road | Risa Communication | |
MAUA | Shops in Maua behind Family bank | Skyhawk mobile |
Winners mobile | ||
MURANG'A | Shops around K.C.B bank | Telefonica |
Shops along KCB street Kerugoya | 1.Mercy communication. | |
NYERI | Shops along Kwa malori street | Mt Kenya |
Shops in Prestige mall | Decent one | |
Comstar | ||
Qkuicom connect | ||
NANYUKI | Shops along Kenyatta road | Mobile trendz |
Ecoris | ||
Shops along Lumumba road | Qkuicom connect | |
Space mobile | ||
Shop around Joskaki hotel | Consumer mobile | |
MOMBASA | Digo Road | Gmax |
Wireless county | ||
Eruma communication | ||
Ricom | ||
Classic communication | ||
Snaap | ||
MWEMBE | Steplink | |
Wireless Netzone | ||
Wincos | ||
KILIFI | Mastermind | |
ELDORET | Shops along the Uganda road | Kosirai |
Magical Mobiles | ||
Chandni emporium | ||
Anand Will's | ||
Dhaval | ||
Dhaval 2 | ||
Phoneart solutions 2 | ||
Rudra mobile gallery | ||
Dhoni emporium | ||
Anand Khandala | ||
Oginga Odinga street | Bemotec(Eldoret) communication shops | |
Shops along Ronald Ngala street | Ramzi Africa | |
Kieorn enterprises |
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Shops along Oloo street | Eldomatt Hyper | |
Kerio stores | ||
Super selection | ||
KISUMU | Shops along Odinga oginga street | Galool |
Marks | ||
Janely | ||
Damo | ||
Samchi | ||
Shops along jomo Kenyatta Street | Star mobile | |
Tescom |