Infinix Hot 40i Overview

Design and Display

All the Infinix Hot 40 series phones follow a similar flat design pattern with a camera island with three camera cutouts on the back. The Infinix Hot 40i is also available in four color options: Horizon Gold, Starlit Black, Palm Blue, and Starfall Green. In the meantime, it measures 8.30 mm and weighs 190 grams.

On the front, we are getting a 6.56-inch IPS a-Si LCD panel with a refresh rate of 90Hz. It is also an HD+ screen with 720 x 1,612 resolution and a touch sampling rate of up to 180Hz. Furthermore, it is capable of a peak brightness of 480 nits and a DCI-P3 wide colour gamut.

Performance

In terms of SoC, Infinix Hot 40i features a UNISOC T606 processor with Mali-G57 MC1 GPU. This chipset can achieve a peak clock speed of 1,600 MHz whereas the GPU clocks in at 650 MHz.

The Infinix Hot 40i ships with two LPDDR4 memory options i.e. 4 GB, and 8 GB. In the meantime, you can also choose between 128 GB or 256 GB UFS storage for your phone. It allows up to 8 GB of virtual RAM extension as well as storage expansion of up to 1 TB with a MicroSD card.

Camera and the rest

The base variant of the Infinix Hot 40 series comes with a dual-camera setup on the back. The rear camera is a 50MP shooter coupled with an AI cam of unspecified resolution. Up front, we are getting a 32MP camera under the centrally aligned hole-punch cutout.

Fuelling the Infinix Hot 40i is a 5,000 mAh cell with 18W fast charging capability. It supports dual SIM with 4G cellular connectivity. It offers additional wireless connectivity with dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth, as well as NFC in certain regions. At the same time, we get an earphone jack and USB Type-C for wired connections. Lastly, the Infinix Hot 40i also offers a gimmicky Magic Ring feature displaying face unlock, charging status, and voice call status.