Review: Infinix Hot Note X551 Specs & Price

Review: Infinix Hot Note X551, Intelligent Performance Efficient Price

Infinix presents a new smartphone by offering high spec but is priced at an affordable price with a Infinix Hot Note X551. That makes the arrival of this gadget also many curious as to what brought about the form and specifications that will accompany it.

Comes with carrying the tagline 'Bigger, Slimmer, Longer', follows more about the specifications and features full Infinix Hot Note X551.

DESIGN

• 156 x 77 x 8.9 mm; 172 g

Appropriate tagline that it has, this smartphone comes with a great design and thin. Because Infinix Hot Note X551 is a smartphone with a screen of 5.5 "the thinnest and lightest on the market, because the ratio of the screen or the right frame is thick 8.9 mm and weighs 172 g. To accommodate the wide screen, makes this smartphone becomes visible large with a length of 156 mm and a width of 77 mm.

This smartphone is suitable and fit for you who want to look simple and elegant. Simplicity is presented because there is only power and volume buttons on the right side, MicroUSB port on the bottom side and the audio jack port on the top side. While it appears from the front, Infinix wisely only complete with speakers louvers are made prominent, front camera and sensors. Below the screen there are three capacitive buttons that function as a Recent Apps, Home and Back.

Looked from behind, Infinix give a touch of elegance to equip this smartphone plastic back cover accented with metallic accents in the form of engraving Infinix and HOT NOTE. Back cover feels solid comfortable grip and wrapped the body of this smartphone. Although it comes with a removable back cover, unfortunately you can not remove the battery installed in this device.

DISPLAY

• IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors; 5.5 inches, 720x1280p (~ 267 ppi)    

Landscape 5.5-inch diagonal screen with an HD resolution of choice for series Infinix Hot Note. Thus, the screen has a level of ~ 267 ppi pixel density which is pretty good to present images with sharp detail. With a wide landscape display, it seems more appropriate Infinix Hot Note phablet category to be included, but because of the increasing number of wide-screen smartphone, the term phablet it seems no longer a necessity.

IPS screen technology makes the smartphone screen display quality is quite good with the right level of brightness for use outdoors. With good contrast, production of natural color and saturation fit without irritating the eyes, as well as a wide viewing angle makes it convenient smartphone to enjoy multimedia content. There is also the option to adjust screen brightness manually or automatically adjusted to the lighting conditions in the vicinity of the phone.

The screen supports 5 touch points simultaneously. Minion Rush when playing games that require quick response at every touch, the screen is able to respond properly and appropriately, so that each stage can be resolved properly. It is unfortunate that the screen is not coated with a special protective coating.

OS AND INTERFACE

• Android 4.4.2 Kitkat; Infinix UI

Present at the initial quarter of 2015, it is unfortunate the smartphone is equipped with operating system Android 4.4.2 Kitkat. Nevertheless smartphone is equipped with a unique user interface that is simple and fresh. The user interface of this smartphone is one of the most efficient interface RAM PULSE ever encountered. User interface consumes only about 700 MB of RAM total of 2 GB of RAM available.

But this time, Infinix has released an upgraded OS, though still in beta stage for the final version of the OS 5.0 upgrade Lollipop will be present in the not longer.

On the lockscreen, by default installed four shortcut icons that accompany the padlock icon image to activate the screen. Also displayed notification icons of incoming messages and calls, as well as the available widgets Weather. Homescreennya display panel 5 by default. Homescreen available in hotseat with 4 slots that can be customized according to the needs, and 1 slot to the App Drawer. App Drawernya simple with a choice of sorting applications by default, alphabetical, frequency of use and installation time.

HARDWARE

• Mediatek MT6592 Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7; Mali-450 GPU; 2 GB RAM; 16 GB internal, microSD up to 32 GB; Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery

In terms of engines, the smartphone is running on a processor 1.4 GHz Octa-core Mediatek MT6592. The kitchen was redone powered by 2 GB of RAM that will deliver fast performance and smooth. This combination also offers multitasking experience easy and smooth, slick sound musickdengan play, including playing games with high resolution, as well as the lack of system crashes.

HD game play even more satisfied thanks to GPUMali-450 uses. When playing games Implosion, detailed graphic display and can deliver a quick look, and does not consume too much power. GPU performance and the processor does not make the battery heat up quickly, so comfortable when used to play games.

Appropriate tagline that it has, the smartphone is equipped with a battery capacity of 4000 mAh which can not be removed. The battery can last a full day in a 3G network. Interestingly, Infinix equip this smartphone with fast charging technology which is claimed to 3x faster charging, where this smartphone can be charged up to 75% in just 55 minutes. And for 20 minutes of charging can deliver usage for 7 hours.

For business storage space, Infinix Hot Note equipped with an internal memory of 16 GB. Of 16 GB, the system uses 4.6 GB. The rest of 11.4 GB can be used by the user to save data or install applications. If it is less, there is a MicroSD card slot that can add up to 32 GB.

INTERNET AND CONNECTIVITY

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 900/2100; Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Wi-Fi Hotspot; v4.0, A2DP; microUSB v2.0; USB OTG

Positioning itself as the latest device in the lower middle class, Infinix Hot Note comes with Dual SIM support GSM micro-SIM size. Cardnya SIM slot is located behind the back cover and side by side with a Micro SD slot. You can use a mobile data path that has been able to support 3G HSDPA network. Although not support 4G LTE network being busy discussed in Indonesia, but this smartphone has added value thanks to support 3G networks in both its SIM card slot.

This smartphone also features support for WiFi connectivity that can be used as a hotspot modem. Also available is a Bluetooth 4.0 that supports A2DP, so it can be connected with other Bluetooth devices for listening to music or receive calls. To exchange files with other devices, phablet is equipped with USB support function. This smartphone also supports USB OTG function. You can also make this smartphone as POWERBANK in an emergency. Also available Flash Share function that allows exchanging files with other devices, and is able to connect with the iPhone. And also supported features Hot Knot.

CAMERA AND VIDEO

• Primary Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash; Geo-tagging, Panorama, HDR, OV8865 sensor, 1080p video; Secondary Camera 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 @ 30fps

Sector camera carried by Infinix Hot Note is quite interesting for smartphones in the lower middle class. Armed with 8 MP main camera with autofocus and LED flash support, promising a good experience to take the picture. The front camera is equipped with a 2 MP camera sensor to satisfy both connoisseurs selfie. In addition, for selfie or groufie also increasingly memuskan since there features a wide angle of 75 degrees. To facilitate berselfie ria using the main camera, there is a sensor on the front side of the camera. By moving the finger in front of the sensor, the image will be automatically drawn.

In the camera application, available 10 shooting modes for the main camera, and 4 shooting mode for the front camera. You can also use unique templates are available to make your photo more attractive. Not to forget, in the settings menu you can add other settings to make your shot more satisfying.

This smartphone's camera capable of recording video in Full HD 1080p resolution. While recording video, you can also take photos of every exciting moment happened during the recording.

MULTIMEDIA

• MP3, WAV, eAAC +, FLAC, WMA; Loudspeaker: Mono; MP4, H.264, H.263, WMVplayer; FMRadio

Comes with favor the design and simple user interface, the multimedia sector is made simple. Sectors such as video player customization is minimal and does not support the SRT subtitle files.

However, the music sector players get more attention. Music player interface is simple, but has a feature complete and easy to operate. Ranging from the availability of the ability to edit the information of the song playing, the sound effects to the features Shake to Switch Songs. Interface was fresh, so it does not create a headache when you will be looking for music to be played. For alternative entertainment in the field of audio, FM radio available.

To manage images, available application Gallery that categorize files by Album, Locations and Times. Interestingly, for the video file, on each album will be displayed thumbnail slideshow. The photos on this device can be directly edited using Google's Photo Editor.

MAIN FEATURES
 
Although it has a user interface that is lightweight, does not mean Infinix Hot Note is not equipped with interesting features. In the Settings menu, you will find a sub menu Action which has Tapping Wake function and Quick Start. Tapping Wake function for easily turn on or off the screen just by tapping the screen 2 times. While the Quick Start function as a gesture to run applications quickly while the smartphone screen is switched off. For example, wrote the letter C on the screen to run the camera application, and others that can be customized. In total there are 8 gesture that can be customized. In addition, the smartphone is also equipped with features Battery Saver and Ultra Lower Power Mode to save power.

What is interesting also from Infinix Hot Note is the use of SELinux on the operating system. SELinux functions as a module that will provide additional protection to the data from the applications that need access to our personal data when connected to the internet. Roughly, SELinux works if there is a program, application, or process that does not meet the policy targets that have been defined, then SELinux will block the process or program.

Pros:

• ROM super lightweight
• Gestures Quick Start
• Battery super durable
• Dual 3G

Cons:

• OS still Kitkat
• Not to LTE

Conclusion:
As a newcomer in the smartphone market homeland, Infinix successfully kicked off the lower middle sector with the specifications and features brought Infinix Hot Note. In accordance with the tagline 'Bigger, Slimmer, Longer' brings, this smartphone comes with carrying the big screen, desian lightweight and slim and long battery life. Her light-ROM with Quick Start gesture features an added value that saying to be missed if you are looking for a low price smartphone with comprehensive features.