The list of smartphones under the Infinix Note series continues to grow, much to the delight of Filipino consumers looking for budget-friendly yet performance-heavy smartphones. Another name added under the arsenal of the Hong Kong-based smartphone maker is the Infinix Note 10 Pro, launched in the Philippines in August this year. But, for a price that’s less than Php10,000, does this smartphone stand by the “pro” in its name? Read on to find out.
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| Infinix Note 10 Pro Review; Pro-Performance, Pro-Price |
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PHYSICAL:
As expected, the Infinix Note 10 Pro comes in a mostly plastic build. However, Infinix added a nice touch on the smartphone’s rear cover to slightly level up its design. The back part of the Infinix Note 10 Pro has a two-toned panel with the upper half-dressed in a smooth slate and the lower half with a textured pattern. Its entire outer rear cover comes in a glossy finish, so it’s a fingerprint magnet. There's Infinix branding on the lower left side, and above it is the rectangular camera module.
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| Lilac Colorway |
Beautiful, light-colored smartphones are dominating the market nowadays. Joining the trend, Infinix offers the Note 10 Pro in a pretty lilac colorway and in an aurora-themed Nordic Secret variant. There’s also a black option for users who like to keep it minimalist.
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| Side-Mounted Fingerprint Sensor |
On the left cheek of the device lies its SIM card tray that can carry two nano-sized SIM cards and a MicroSD card for storage expansion up to 512GB. The power button that also serves as a fingerprint scanner is on the opposite side alongside the volume rocker. Infinix keeps the top part of the smartphone clean, while at the bottom are the speaker grilles, USB Type-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, and primary microphone.
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| Retail Package |
The Infinix Note 10 Pro is a relatively tall device. Although it’s light and easy to grip, the buttons on its upper sides seem to be placed awkwardly as they’re hard to reach in single-hand use.
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DISPLAY:
For its display, the Infinix Note 10 Pro flaunts a 6.95-inch IPS display in 1080 x 2460 resolution. Despite being a budget device, the Infinix Note 10 Pro ditched the common waterdrop notch and utilized a hole-punch front camera mostly seen on mid-range devices.
What Infinix claims as a selling point of the Infinix Note 10 Pro is its 90Hz refresh rate, which in all fairness, does a good job in ensuring that the display of the device responds fast and smoothly.
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| FHD+ 90Hz Display |
Colors and image details displayed by the Infinix Note 10 Pro screen appear vivid and clear, enough to enjoy binge-watching sessions, thanks to its Full HD+ screen. This is complemented by the device's decent stereo speakers with DTS audio, making the Infinix Note 10 Pro a bang-for-the-buck multimedia smartphone.
For eye protection, Infinix also equipped the Infinix Note 10 Pro with TÜV Rheinland Certified Low Blue Light Technology to reduce the production of harmful blue light that causes eye strain due to long hours of phone usage.
PERFORMANCE and BATTERY LIFE:
Infinix said that the Note 10 Pro has the best processor in the Note series with its MediaTek Helio G95 Octa-core chipset. This particular processor focuses more on providing a lag-free experience, and in this department, the Infinix Note 10 Pro delivered.
We enjoyed playing MOBA games like Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Call of Duty: Mobile at decent graphics and audio settings without encountering any hiccups. The Infinix Note 10 Pro also gave us a smooth experience in multitasking and in frequent switching between several applications.
This smartphone is also generous in memory as it comes with 8GB of RAM coupled with 128GB of internal storage. Furthermore, the Infinix Note 10 Pro runs on Android 11 with version 7.6 of XOS, Infinix's own operating system. There are bloatwares out of the box, but you can easily uninstall them if you won't use them.
Here are the benchmark results of the Infinix Note 10 Pro to give you a more objective take on the performance of the said smartphone:
- Antutu - 354,531
- Geekbench Single-Core - 511
- Geekbench Multi-Core - 1,643
- Geekbench Compute - 1,992
- PC Mark Work Performance 3.0 - 10,312
- PC Mark Work Storage 2.0 - 22,472
- 3D Mark Wild Life - 1,359
- 3D Mark Wild Life Stress Test - 1,369/1,363
- 3D Mark Wild Life Extreme - 383
- 3D Mark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test - 388/385
- 3D Mark Sling Shot - 3,328
- 3D Mark Sling Shot Extreme - 2,531
Since the Infinix Note 10 Pro carries a budget-friendly gaming chipset, its battery life is made to last long gaming hours and mobile productivity. In addition, it has the 33-watt X-Charge fast charging technology, which Infinix said provides 50 minutes faster charging time compared with the predecessor of the Infinix Note 10 Pro.
True enough, the 5,000mAh battery life of the Infinix Note 10 Pro is amazing. The smartphone entails around two hours to be fully charged. In addition, it also equates a 15-minute plugged time to 20 percent battery capacity. A single full charge of the Infinix Note 10 Pro lasted us a day and a half with moderate usage.
CAMERA:
In terms of imaging, the Infinix Note 10 Pro is equipped with four cameras with AI -- a 64-megapixel primary sensor, 8-megapixel ultrawide camera, and two 2-megapixel shooters each for black and white and portrait modes, plus a quad rear flash. The punch hole front camera we mentioned earlier, meanwhile, is for a 16-megapixel selfie shooter.
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| 64MP Quad Camera |
With its quad rear camera setup, the Infinix Note 10 Pro is capable of shooting 4K Video and impressive night shots using its Ultra Night camera mode.
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| 16MP Front Camera |
The images taken by rear cameras of the Infinix Note 10 Pro look good and have just the right amount of detail, sharpness, and color saturation. Selfies, on the other hand, mostly needed some tweaking to make the lighting look more natural. Here are some samples we captured:
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| Playground, 1x Zoom |
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| Playground, 2x Zoom |
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| Flower, Closeup |
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| Driveway, Normal |
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| Driveway, Night Mode |
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| Selfie, Normal |
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| Selfie, Portrait |
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FINAL WORDS:
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| Infinix Note 10 Pro |
The Infinix Note 10 Pro is undeniably a features-packed device for only P9,990, and in the saturated world of smartphones, this is a gem to find. You can get yours from the official Infinix store in Lazada.
How much is the Infinix NOTE 10 Pro price in the Philippines?
- The Infinix NOTE 10 Pro price in the Philippines is Php9,990.
- Get yours via Lazada at https://bit.ly/infinixstoreofficial or Shopee at https://bit.ly/infinixstoreofficial.
When will be the Infinix NOTE 10 Pro available in the Philippines?
- The Infinix NOTE 10 Pro is now available in the Philippines.
Infinix Note 10 Pro Specs Philippines:
- Dual SIM, dual standby, supports 4G LTE connectivity
- 6.95-inch FHD+ (2460 x 1080) capacitive touchscreen display, 90Hz refresh rate
- Dimensions: 172.8mm x 78.3mm x 7.8mm
- Weight: 209 grams
- XOS 7.6 based on Android 11
- Octa-core (2x2.05GHz Cortex-A76 + 6x2.0GHz Cortex-A55) CPU, ARM Mali-G76 MC4 GPU, MediaTek Helio G95 12nm chipset
- 8GB RAM
- 128GB storage, expandable up to 512GB via MicroSD, uses dedicated slot
- 64MP PDAF main + 8MP 120-degree ultrawide + 2MP depth + 2MP monochrome quad rear cameras, 4K video recording at 30fps
- 16MP f/2.0 front camera, 1080p video recording at 30fps
- WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
- Bluetooth v5.0
- USB Type-C 2.0 with OTG function
- GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Galileo
- Multimedia Player
- FM Radio
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Sensors: fingerprint (side-mounted), light, proximity, accelerometer, gyroscope
- Battery: 5,000mAh non-removable; supports 33W fast charging
- Colors: Black, Purple, Nordic Secret
- Price: Php9,990