What's up guys!
I have the Infinix Zero 8.
So, the box of the Infinix Zero 8 on the desk, there's a lined “8” in front there and some reflection towards the bottom of the box, pretty different from their other releases. Alright, so when the box is opened, the first thing we get is the device with all of the main highlights on the front sticker but we'll put it to the side for now. Taking the separator plastic out the way for now, we get a small envelope with icons that shows what's left in the box, cable, headphones, adapter and a case and of course that's what we get. But inside it, or on the back is where we get the sim ejector tool, then we get the warranty card , a screen protector which is nice to have and you get a couple of neon Infinix zero 8 branded stickers.
That's all in the envelope and back to the accessories, we have a nicely done rubber case with all the appropriate cutouts and it is designed by Oraimo. Next up it's the charging brick, it's really big and I can't wait to test out the charging capabilities and know how fast 33w really would perform. Next up is a very interesting designed 3.5mm headphone quite shiny too, I kind of like this design. Last but not least it's this cool look in gorange-colored accent USB C cable. I'd really appreciate that.
Taking the wrap off of the front welcomes you to the 6.85 inch IPS LCD display which we'll come to in a bit and of course, Upfront is where the earpiece and pill shaped dual cameras sit and taking the wrap off of the back, you do get a poly carbonate finish, with a diamond shaped or rhombus sharped camera array and design. It looks different from a lot of smartphones actually and I really want to know how people would take this camera array shape. In a world of multiple back cameras in squares, this takes a different turn. I'd like to see how that plays out.
Anyway, it's got a subtle amount of gradient finishing but it's also a fingerprint magnet and there are 3 color options. I don't have the exact names for them but I have the black gradient version and there's a green and white gradient version as well. For the ports and I / O, there's nothing on top, we have the power button / finger tint reader on the right side and above it are the volume rocker keys. The left side houses the slot for your micro sd card and dual nano sims. At the bottom is where we've got the headphone jack, microphone, USB C port and speaker grille. One of the major highlights you're getting on the Zero 8, is that 90Hz display, it sits on a 1080p display, 1080 x 2460 in pixel terms and for the limited time I've had it. It was smooth.
Viewing videos were certainly also good to look at although I'm not sure about HDR quality on here but it's a 21: 9 1080 display that was quite good with picture quality and of course you also get full hd streaming as well. You can change between 90Hz and 60Hz or auto switch. I'm leaving mine as 90Hz, infact, it's 90 out of the box and it was really smooth to use so I'll keep testing it with 90Hz. I've been using 120Hz display phones alongside 60Hz display phones and this is just enough of an upgrade from 60Hz, it's subtle but it's a step in the right direction and I'd love to use it some more and get a feel for how well it does for day to day use. Of course you get dark mode and a host of other features and speaking of that, a major feature upgrade on this guy, would have to be the processor added to it. The Mediatek Helio G90T is what's on the Infinix Zero 8 and this is what was on the quite popular Redmi Note 8 Pro.
Anyway, the G90T is a gaming centric processor and it's one of the processors going head to head with the Snapdragon 730G. G90T being better than the Snapdragon 730G but that's not to say there aren't better Snapdragon processors that are mid range centric. The G90T certainly helps the Zero 8 with abetter RAM power, its an 8GB RAM device, the G90T also supports UFS 2.1 storage but I'm not sure which kind is on the Zero 8, however you've got 128GB of storage. Cameras too benefit a lot and this comes with a 64 and 48MP camera in one phone and of course, a fast charging battery for which Infinix adds in a 33w fast charging capability to help support its 4,500 mah battery. When I tried gaming from the limited amount of time I had, it was smooth, I noticed no lag at all and it's been commendable so far. However, I did block the speaker sometimes when I was gaming and call of duty automatically reverted frame rate of game play from max (the highest setting) to very good.
So on a scale of 1-5 that's a 4 but in graphics quality it's a 4/4. All of these being said, this device comes with Android 10 out of the box, and still on software; The improved XOS 7 has some graphical changes, looks a lot smoother thanks to that refresh rate. I like how when you slide down the notification, it fades in and out. Nicely designed Custom Icons and Graphics, the side edge panel no longer just shows up and interrupts but it can be pulled up when you drag and hold from the edge and not until you release it comes out. It's useful in some cases. You know we just have a couple of subtle improvements here and there but again, a deeper look would help get some of the actual capabilities and novelty on here. Right off the bat, I didn't like the fact that there were too many apps and 3rd party stuff, the bloatware that it comes with was plentiful.
Although you can just take a few minutes to uninstall them. It's your phone after all. In terms of securing your device, you've got the Face Unlock which works fast in good lighting and even faster, you've got the fingerprint reader which I much preferred. In the front camera side of things, we've got a dual "pill shaped" camera array. A 48MP selfie camera and an 8MP ultra wide angle selfie camera based it. As far as the specs of the rear camera it's got a 64MP Primary wide camera, then an 8MP Ultra wide camera, in addition you get a 2MP low light cameras for low light video and another 2MP depth sensor on either side of the diamond shape and of of course the LED flash. When I checked the camera modes, you actually can shoot 4K in 30 FPS, 1080P in 60FPS and 30FPS which is cool and for the lowest, it's 720P at 30FPS. This is only available in the main 64MP len sas you can't go up to 4K with the 8MP ultra wide lens, only 1080, 720 and 480p all in 30FPS. Another addition is slow motion. You can go as high as 960FPS in slow mo which is crazy to think of, and 240FPS or 120FPS.
I'll be testing these for later but these are some interesting stats. You've also got short video mode, normal video mode, AI Cam mode which is the default, beauty mode, bokeh mode aka portrait mode, super night mode, professional mode, super macro mode, panorama mode, and documents for scanning documents. That's 11 camera modes for the rear camera, 12 if you could Google Lens. In the front camera, it's 8 modes, wide selfie mode for a panoramic selfie, super night mode, portrait mode, beauty mode, AI Cam mode (which is the default camera mode), video mode which you can also go up to 4K and 1080p, short video mode for Instagram videos or social media, and slow motion mode, which you can only shoot 120FPS and 240FPS slow motion in.
I like that the camera section can now disablethe fingerprint being used as a shutter to capture images and videos. It's a cool feature but can get in the way of normal use when you're with your camera or as I complained in the Note 7 video. It can just trigger recording on its own. That's an improvement here. I think the Infinix Zero 8 is something to look into or keep an eye on, it's got a lot of new features from Infinix in a while. It's certainly better and I'd encourage anyone who wants to buy it to actually try it on a display stand at a Store before you buy, of course being safe about it. According to a press release, Infinix is launching this for $258.
Let me know what your thoughts are guys. Do you think Infinix really upgraded here, and would you be getting one? Let me know in the comments below. If you found this article useful, please do share it with people, a lot of people might have questions and they have the answer here.
Thanks again and I'll see you in the next tech info. Till then, GO PINCH.
Beautiful gadget
ReplyDeleteThanks dear ❤❤
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