Infinix Hot 9 + Hot 9 Play Review - Android

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Infinix Hot 9 + Hot 9 Play Review - Android

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Infinix mobile has been in the smartphone market with a reputation for combining both fashion and technology. This year, it seems like the company...

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Infinix mobile has been in the smartphone market with a reputation for combining both fashion and technology. This year, it seems like the company is committed to giving its consumers brand new devices by introducing two new variants of their Hot line-up.

Together with their large batteries, let’s see what’s more to these Infinix Hot 9 and Hot 9 Play. We’ve had these for more than a week now, and here’s our full review.

Design and Construction

Starting with the design, we’re greeted with some gradient pop color options with rigid patterns that give an edge. The units we have are both in the Quetzal Cyan colorway, but Infinix also lent us the violet-colored Hot 9 for reference. They’re built with polycarbonate material, but its design gives a metallic illusion.

 


Physically, you can distinguish the two with their size and cameras. At the back, the Hot 9 gets a quadruple-camera setup, while the Hot 9 Play gets two rear shooters, however, the design on the latter gives an illusion that it has three. You’ll also find here their triple LED flashes, fingerprint scanners, and the Infinix branding.

Noticeably, the Hot 9 has its front camera placed on a punch hole on the upper left while the Hot 9 Play has an outdated dewdrop notch in the middle.

On the right, you’ll find their volume rocker and power on and off buttons. They’re clicky and tactile with the Hot 9’s power button feeling a little more aligned to the frame.

 

Heading over to the left, both get a dual-SIMcard tray with a dedicated microSD card slot that’s expandable up to 256GB.

There’s nothing on top, but at the bottom are their primary microphone, 3.5mm headphone jack, MicroUSB port, and a speaker grille only for the Hot 9. Weirdly, the Hot 9 Play only relies on its front speaker for audio. By the way, besides their front speakers are their LED notification indicators—which are still nice to have.

It is quite sad to see these devices are still rocking an old type of charging port instead of having the new Type-C, but considering its affordable price points; I guess it is just fair.

Both are comfortable to grip, but like most phones, they’re also prone to fingerprint smudges, so better put a case on. Additionally, I appreciate Infinix’s efforts to trim down their camera bumps, so it doesn’t wobble when placed on flat surfaces.

Display and Multimedia

More on display, the Infinix Hot 9 sports a 6.6-inch IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 1600 x 720 capable of 266ppi, while the Hot 9 Play has a larger 6.82-inch IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 1640 x 720 and a pixel density of 263ppi. 

As for display quality, the colors look accurate and vibrant. Viewing angles are great, and they seem average for their outdoor visibility. However, with IPS LCDs, expect some noticeable pixels. Their notches aren’t too distracting, but if you don’t like it, there’s an option to hide them with a black bar in the settings. 

Since we get 720p resolution on both, do take note that watching YouTube videos are limited to a maximum of 720p as well.

Checking out the audio quality on these devices, the Infinix Hot 9 sports DTS audio, to give you a better audio experience. Even though it is a bottom-firing speaker, sound quality is loud, and surprisingly, there is an ample amount of bass on this device. Although when listening to media or music on full volume, sound can go a little bit too distorted.

On the other hand, for the Infinix Hot 9 Play, as mentioned earlier, the speaker is located on top of its front-facing camera, which I think is better than the Hot 9’s bottom-firing speaker. But still, we recommend you to use an external microphone for better audio quality.

Camera

For cameras, the Infinix Hot 9 sports a quad-camera setup, including a 16MP wide lens, a 2MP Macro, 2MP depth, and a QVGA Low light sensor. Upfront, you do get an 8MP front-facing camera coupled with an LED flash on both front and rear.

On the other hand, the Infinix Hot 9 Play got a dual-camera setup consisting of a 13MP full camera and a QVGA low light sensor. Gone is the extra Macro and depth sensor we have on the Infinix Hot 9, but it retains the 8MP front-facing camera with an LED flash on both front and back.