Friends+Design
- Striking, sleek design, with rounded edges and a gradient color back - one of the better looking budget phones around
- Offers a good grip, and is relatively light-weight for the size
- Both fingerprint reader and face unlock work accurately and quickly
- With a large 6.5-inch screen, the phone is a little too big for one-hand usage
Display
- The screen is large, but it's not the sharpest display around
Software
- XOS UI is a decent Android skin and has a few useful features - like the dedicated smart panel (to the left of the home-screen for widgets and shortcuts), and Intelligence voice broadcast (can read out a lot of things for the user, like cricket scores, news and SMSes, as well as personal texts from various messaging apps)
Performance
- Decent performance for day-to-day use with a Helio P22 SoC - similar to Snapdragon 625 (though gaming performance is pretty ordinary, as expected)
Camera
- Decent triple camera setup for the price (13MP primary + 2MP depth + Low Light Camera)
- The primary camera gives reasonably good shots in daylight - sharpness and details are decent - though consistency is an issue
- Selfies come out nicely too (but the beauty mode can make the pics look unreal, so it's best turned off)
Battery
- Excellent battery life with a 5000mAh battery - you should get a comfortable 2 days of use
- Decent charging speed (it's not 'fast charge' though)
Verdict
- The Hot 8 is an another reliable budget choice from Infinix offering a good specs/price ratio, allowing it to stand up to tough competition from Xiaomi and Realme - as long as performance is not a major concern, and you are not into gaming, it's worth considering
