The Infinix Note 5 makes almost an overhaul of the improvements from previous models. The Note 5 spells a new direction, more so because it is have equipped with trendy features such as the 18:9 display and more importantly, Android One, which means for the first time in a Note series, we get an adulterated software experience.

Design and build
It features a sleek, smooth imitation-glass polycarbonate back surface that Infinix calls Metal Print. Its sleek design is composed of a curved back cover and the front 2.5D glass and a metallic print made up of composite board.

At the back, the 12MP rear camera and dual LED flash are encased in a protective rim. The top and left rib-side don’t feature any slots or buttons; you will find those on the right side.

At the bottom of the device are the speakers, Micro-USB and audio jack slots.

Camera
The camera packs a punch with the XOS Camera 3.0 packs a bunch of eye-popping features for those brave enough to tweak this and that.

The smart AI-powered camera recognises your environment and chooses the best possible setting for that quality shot. The front camera has the same low-light AI Selfie that Infinix goes on about.

As for the camera features, you can play around with Normal, Burst, Beauty, Video and other modes.

You will love time-lapse, which does some voodoo trick. Time-lapse fast-forwards a video so that you can capture a lot of scenes in a short space of time. Alongside time-lapse, you also get panorama which takes a really wide angle of any scenery.
Performance
The gadget 5 packs the impressively faster Helio P23 chipset with an Octa-Core 2.0 GHz 64bit, ARM Cortex-A53 Mali-G71 MP2 Processor. A screen resolution of 2160 x 1080, a video encoder shooting H.264 videos at 2160P, 12MP & 16MP cameras shooting at 4032 x 3024 and 4608 x 3456 pixels, respectively.

SoC modem with dual standby 4G LTE/VoLTE dual SIM.

Responsiveness is good enough from what we have seen so far. It loads fast and the apps are not sluggish. The resolution is immersive and the colours are rich and vibrant.

Battery and Charging
Note 5 comes with a massive 4500 mAh battery, which can give you a three-day battery life. The Note 5 also comes with Smart Power Consumption.

A baked-in intelligent process manager learns a user’s habits and automatically deactivates lesser-used apps and background processes.

Overall the Note 5 is an intelligent device you surely want to have in your pocket

Fine, but this is an Android one phone, but i wonder why it is taking so long to get Android 9 update (stable veraion) other 2018 Android one phones like nokia and xiaomi are running Android 9, some since last year

ddjay:
Fine, but this is an Android one phone, but i wonder why it is taking so long to get Android 9 update (stable veraion) other 2018 Android one phones like nokia and xiaomi are running Android 9, some since last year

hmmmm just chill o

Ayebaeapretai:
hmmmm just chill o

Have upgraded to Android 9
Chai, this is me when i used infinix, see as i miss road

ddjay:
Have upgraded to Android 9

does it have OTG

Iseoluwani:



does it have OTG

Don't know, my mind has not gone there since i bought the phone

ddjay:
Don't know, my mind has not gone there since i bought the phone

kindly check pls

Iseoluwani:


kindly check pls

I don't have what the accessories to check, but i saw on gsmarena.com that it has otg

It now has pie updats

Ayebaeapretai:
hmmmm just chill o

it does now. Updated mine last night

ikare:
it does now. Updated mine last night

thats great