Infinix GT 10 Pro review

Introduction and specs

Infinix isn’t a new smartphone company, but it only recently started making inroads in markets outside Africa. As it expands its presence, the smartphone maker also tries to cover as many market segments as possible, even niche segments like gaming smartphones. Enter the Infinix GT 10 Pro – an affordable phone aiming to deliver great performance in a body with decidedly gaming aesthetics.

The GT 10 Pro is strongly related to the Infinix Note 30 VIP, but dials down the charging capabilities and comes with a different body and improved cooling. The new phone later settles for relatively tame 45W charging – slower than what the Note 30 VIP can do wirelessly. And since we already have the charging test for the VIP you can use the other parts of this review if you are in the market for the GT 10 Pro’s sibling as well.

Let’s now get back to the review. The GT 10 Pro stands out with an unusual and catchy design. It does slightly remind us of the Nothing Phone (1) and (2) with its transparent back and LED lighting, but obviously, the general aesthetics are different here.

Infinix GT 10 Pro specs at a glance:

• Body: 162.7×75.9×8.1mm, 187g; glass front, plastic back and frame; LED strip on the back.
• Display: 6.67″ AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 900 nits (peak), 1080x2400px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 395ppi.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 8050 (6 nm): Octa-core (1×3.0 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3×2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G77 MC9.
• Memory: 256GB 8GB RAM; UFS 3.1; microSDXC (dedicated slot).
• OS/Software: Android 13, XOS 13.
• Rear camera:Wide (main): 108 MP, f/1.8, 1/1.67″, AF; Macro: 2 MP; Depth: 2 MP.
• Front camera: 32 MP, f/2.5, (wide).
• Video capture:Rear camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps; Front camera: 1440p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps.
• Battery: 5000mAh; 45W wired, PD3.
• Connectivity: 5G; Dual SIM; Wi-Fi 6; BT; NFC; FM radio; 3.5mm jack.
• Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, optical); stereo speakers.

A MediaTek Dimensity 8050 chipset is running the show. Announced just a couple of months ago, this is mostly a rebranded Dimensity 1300, which was one flagship-grade SoC. A bright 6.67-inch OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate completes the gaming experience with a fairly fast 360Hz touch-sampling rate.

It wouldn’t be a gaming phone without a set of stereo speakers, of course, and the GT 10 Pro even gets some DTS tuning for those.

Last but not least, the GT 10 Pro features a rarely seen in this class 108MP main camera with a large 1/1.67″ sensor. It’s the only fully functional camera at the back, but if it manages to comfortably outperforms the competition many will probably be willing to live without an ultrawide shooter. We’ll see about that in a short while, but first let’s open the box and see what’s inside.

Unboxing the Infinix GT 10 Pro

The GT 10 Pro comes in a generous retail box containing not only the user manuals, the USB-A to USB-C cable and 45W charger, but also a pair of wired earphones.

The box also contains a transparent silicone case, which provides some protection without concealing the design of the back.

Design and ergonomics

Infinix calls the GT 10’s design Cyber-Mecha and it features an LED indicator next to the camera. It’s inspired by the cyberpunk sci-fi aesthetics and it appears as if the elements sit behind a see-through plastic back, creating a cool 3D look. Around the sides the frame is also made of plastic as build materials were clearly limited by the price tag.

The back is completely flat and the only thing sticking out is the camera island, which is home to three cameras, the circular LED flash and the LED indicator. The white bars are the only thing that lights up on the back, contrary to what the elements’ appearance can make you believe. They light up only during gaming, incoming notifications and calls, and charging.

The device comes in two colors – Mirage Silver and Cyber Black. We have the latter version with orange accents, while the Mirage Silver sticks to just white and silver. Fingerprints and smudges can be seen at a certain angle, but because of the busy design aren’t normally too bothersome. We would assume that the silver colorway is better in this regard as lighter colors tend to be.

As we mentioned earlier, the side frame is made of plastic. It has a glossy finish and smudges stick easily. The right side accommodates the power button and the volume rocker, while the left has only the triple card tray. It’s not a hybrid slot, so you can simultaneously put two SIM cards and a microSD card. The bottom is home to the USB-C connector, one of the speaker grilles and a 3.5mm audio jack.

At the front, we see a 6.67-inch OLED panel with a centered punch-hole for the 32MP selfie camera. The side bezels are quite thin, while the top and bottom ones are slightly thicker. The earpiece that doubles as a second in the stereo setup is located at the top, its grille barely visible.

We are not a fan of the fingerprint scanner’s location, though. It’s too close to the bottom edge and requires awkward thumb stretching unless you hold the phone close to the bottom edge.

All in all, handling the Infinix GT 10 Pro is reasonably comfortable. Although glossy, the plastic surface on all sides provides decent grip. The flat sides feel fine to hold with two hands when gaming in landscape orientation, but one-handed operations are a bit uncomfortable due to the sharp edges.

Bright enough 120Hz OLED panel

The Infinix GT 10 is built around a Full HD (1080 x 2400px) 10-bit OLED panel with 120Hz refresh rate. For maximum eye comfort, the panel uses high-frequency PWM for brightness control, at up to 1920Hz. There are no official HDR certifications, although, we found that HDR YouTube videos look fine. Widevine L1 is on the list of features, so Netflix and Amazon Prime streaming work at Full HD resolution.

The display’s maximum brightness in manual mode was 505 nits while in auto mode it peaked at 701 nits. This is short of the advertised 900 nits, but it’s still enough to provide a comfortable viewing experience outdoors on a bright sunny day.

We also noticed some inconsistencies with the brightness levels. The display would automatically drop from 200 to 175 nits even when auto adjustment was disabled. As a whole, brightness control is all over the place; we’ve also experienced this on other Infinix phones.

Color accuracy isn’t one of the screen’s strongest suits either. There are just two color modes and both produce blue-ish whites and grays. There’s a color temperature slider, which can fix that to some extent, but you can never get perfect tones.

HRR control

The high refresh rate control is fairly straightforward with four modes – 60Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz and Auto Switch. The first three are self-explanatory with the latter prioritizing the highest refresh rate available unless you stop interacting with the display. Leaving it idle for a few seconds reduces the refresh rate to 60Hz and so does launching a video app such as YouTube. We found Chrome to be capped at 60Hz, though, and you if you want extra smooth scrolls you have to force it with the 120Hz mode, which isn’t ideal for battery endurance.

Battery life

The GT 10 Pro has a 5,000 mAh battery and did well in our battery test. The screen-on tests yielded good resluts on par with the majority of competitors. The standby draw is higher than usual, though, bringing the overall score down a bit. Still, 112 hours overall endurance score means Infinix’ contender offer dependable battery life.

Our battery tests were automated thanks to SmartViser, using its viSerDevice app. The endurance rating denotes how long the battery charge will last you if you use the device for an hour of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. More details can be found here.

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Video test carried out in 60Hz refresh rate mode. Web browsing test done at the display’s highest refresh rate whenever possible. Refer to the respective reviews for specifics. To adjust the endurance rating formula to match your own usage patterns check out our all-time battery test results chart where you can also find all phones we’ve tested.

Charging speed

When it comes to charging the GT 10 Pro can use the supplied 45W charger to top up the 5,000 mAh battery in just over an hour (61 minutes, to be exact), while a 30-minute charging cycle gets you to 73%. That’s quite fast for the price range and only falls behind the Poco X5 Pro.

Speakers

The GT 10 Pro relies on a hybrid dual speaker setup, which is what you’d expect in this price bracket. The bottom-firing speaker is the main one and is noticeably louder than the earpiece one. The two combined are decently loud, scoring -25.1 LUFS in our tests – enough to earn the handset a “Very Good” score.

In terms of audio quality, the speakers do fine. The highs and high-pitch vocals start to ring at higher levels but a few clicks below the maximum level you get usable audio with some bass.

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Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal “0db” flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.

Pure XOS 13 with Android 13

Infinix boost Android 13 with the company’s proprietary XOS 13 skin on top. Infinix brands this gaming iteration of the software as Pure XOS, although there are few difference between this version and what you’d get on a regular Infinix phone.

The manufacturer promises one major Android update and two years of security patches. That’s below the industry’s standard these days, where midrangers are often treated with at least two major updates while flagships tend to have three or more guaranteed OS upgrades.

Infinix says its main focus when creating XOS was to stick to the vanilla Android aesthetics as much as possible and keeping the bloatware to minimum. The reality is that you get a whole lot of pre-installed apps, while the whole UI and iconography is deeply customized.

The good news is XOS 13 works smoothly, with no hiccups or stutters, despite the influx of apps. So Infinix has done its job pretty well on that front.

Customization runs deep. Starting from the lock screen, where you get an optional Magazine service. Beyond that, there is powerful Theming engine, wiht an online Theme repository . There are plenty of Always-on display customizations as well.

The home screen includes a custom feed as the leftmost desktop pane and big folders to organize and categorize your shortcuts by default. There is an alphabetized app drawer with a search bar and recent apps UI as well. There is no way to disable the app drawer if you’d like to go to a flat interface though.

You do get extremely extensive home screen customization. You can tweak things like grid size, gestures, notification badges. You can even switch to vertical rather than horizontal scrolling for the homescreen and change the text color.

The notification shade and control center are separated into two separate entities, just like MIUI. Notifications are called up with a swipe down from the top left of the phone, while a top-right swipe reveals quick toggles and other controls.

Lightning Multi-Window is a floating app window implementation. Far from the best we’ve seen in terms of window management, but you can open a bunch of windows rather than being limited to one or two.

The Smart Panel feature is Infinix’s name for the side bar functionality. It’s among the more customizable implementations of this feature that we have seen.

Social Turbo houses a whole slew of powerful features meant to work on top of WhatsApp and enhance its factory experience.

You get optional extra gestures, app cloning, known as XClone, as well as some gimmicks like Peek Proof, which “hides” parts of the screen to enhance your privacy in busier environments.

We couldn’t help but notice that MOL – the offline, system-wide translation engine that was once part of XOS is now absent. It seems to have transitioned into something called Folax Translate, which is a part of the company’s AI assistant, but since the functionlaity is all there we won’t complain.

There is a system-wide Game Mode toggle and a Game Mode setting menu to tweak resource manament.

There are options of dubious usefulness GT 10 Pro comes with Monster Game Kit and Dar-Link, which promise AI-driven optimization of games, including frame rate stability, decreasing touch latency and managing hardware performance and temperature. The Game Mode menu is where Bypass Charging lives as well.

The XArena app is a game launcher, complete with various tweaks, like notification suppression. Once you add an app to XArena and start it from there, you also get an in-game toolbar with convenient shortcuts, including floating app support.

Infinix even includes a key mapping option for its volume up and down keys. You can have these translate to on-screen inputs, which is a way to make the GT 10 Pro more of a gaming phone even though it doesn’t have shoulder trigger keys.

If we had to sum up the experience with XOS, we would say it is pleasantly fluentt from a performance standpoint but quite chaotic. Infinix needs to do some debloating and organization. For the most part, you can do that yourself with a bit of time and tweaking, and the end result could be a solid Android 13 experience. However, it’s up to Infinix to do things better out of the box and save each individual user the trouble.

Synthetic benchmark tests

The Infinix GT 10 Pro uses a Mediatek Dimensity 8050, which technically is a brand new 6nm chip, announced in May this year. Once you scratch the surface, however, the Dimensity 8050 is almost identical to the Dimensity 1300, which in turn doesn’t really differ from the Dimensity 1200.

The Dimensity 8050 has four fast Cortex-A78 cores and four efficient Cortex-A55 cores. The Cortex-A78 units are actually divided between 1 Super Core running at up to 3GHz, and three Performance Cores ticking at up to 2.6GHz. There is a Mali-G77 MC9 GPU inside the chip. It is paired with 8GB of physical RAM and 512GB of non-expandable storage.

Here’s how it fares in our synthetic benchmark tests.

Judging by the benchmarks, the Dimensity 8050 is fully utilized and it performs on par with the Dimensity 1300 SoC, as we expected. That’s enough to give the GT 10 Pro a significant edge over its competitors in terms of both CPU and GPU prowess.

Sustained and gaming performance

Although the GT 10 Pro boasts some additional cooling hardware, notably a vapor chamber, we are not impressed with its sustained performance. The CPU throttled within 30 minutes and maintained about 70% of its maximum performance throughout the rest of the test. While not a bad number on its own, you have to consider that the Dimensity 8050 SoC isn’t exceptionally powerful, so a dedicated gaming phone should have easily handled it at close to full capacity for the entire test.

On the other hand, we are happy to see a smooth graph without too much fluctuation. This means you can rely on fairly consistent and predictable performance.

Since the handset is made of plastic, the sufrace area remained pretty cool throughout the whole test, which could be part of the reason why the CPU got too hot – heat dissipation isn’t ideal.

Arguably the greatest issue with the gaming credentials of the GT 10 Pro was we weren’t able to run any games at 120Hz, even the ones we know can go beyond 60fps. Even if you force 120Hz from the display settings you are still limited to 60fps, meaning the gaming credentials are really skin-deep with this one.

108MP main camera and little else

The GT 10 Pro is equipped with three cameras on its back, but only the 108MP main one is truly useful. The other two 2MP shooters barely contribute to the overall photography experience.

There is a macro shooter and a depth sensor, meaning there isn’t even an ultrawide camera, which is rather common among the competition. Those 8MP ultrawides are far from amazing, of course, but they still provide that unique perspective when there’s sufficient lighting and the GT 10 Pro has no response to that.

The main 108MP cam definitely makes up for the lack of meaningful auxiliary ones, though. It uses a 1/1.67″ sensor, which is the largest in the class, and is paired with f/1.8 aperture. That’s pretty solid hardware for a sub-$300 phone.

On the front, the phone sports a 32MP camera with f/2.5 aperture and photos come out in the full 32MP resolution – there’s no pixel-binning by default.

Camera app

The default camera app is well-organized and has many options and additional features. A powerful AI scene detection system automatically switches between modes and sometimes suggests switching camera modes outright, like directing you to the Super Night mode when there is not enough light. There is a mode carousel on the bottom, a slide-out menu, and plenty of settings to fiddle with.

There is now a clear and easy toggle for disabling the AI, which was not the case with the previous installments of the Infinix camera app and is an appreciated addition.

If you want more control over the camera, the included Pro mode gives you exposure compensation (-2 – +2), shutter speed (1/1500 – 30s), ISO (100 – 6400), white balance (2000 – 9000K), manual focus and three metering modes.

There is also the Short video mode, which has beauty filters and Snapchat-style live effects and overlays – those might come useful for social media posts.

Daylight photos

Main camera

Unsurprisingly, the main camera does well when there is enough light. The default camera mode delivers a good amount of detail and wide dynamic range and while colors are slightly muted they aren’t too bad. We also see excellent shot to shot consistency, which is not always the case in this class.

Switching on the AI toggle lets the camera app recognize certain scenes but more often than not all it does is boost color saturation. If you find these samples more visually pleasing, then make sure to activate the AI mode.

The full-res 108MP samples do capture a bit more details, but at the expense of far higher noise levels and worse color balance. They are useful for those shots where capturing all the possible detail is of critical importance, but of little use in the majority of situations.

2x zoom

The 2x zoom samples are done by zooming in digitally and unsurprisingly are lacking in detail when compared to the default ones. Infinix doesn’t appear to be doing any sort of computational magic to mask the digital zoom shortcomings so we’d stay away from this mode.

Portraits

The Portrait mode does okay with the face rendition and captures enough details, but its separation is somewhat lacking as is the norm for the class. On the upside the bokeh applied is fairly convincing so if you have a simpler hairstyle you will probably be pretty happy with it.

Selfies

The selfies have plenty of detail, wide dynamic range and well selected focus point so they look really good overall. The only downsides are the slighly muted colors and the overprocessed look when you zoom in to pixel level, but that’s the norm rather than the exception with smaller sensor cameras.

Low-light photos

Main camera

Even without the dedicated Super Night mode, the GT 10 Pro’s main camera produces usable photos in the dark The dynamic range leaves a bit more to be desired as highlights are often clipped, but the shadows reveal a good amount of detail. Contrast is okay, colors are accurate and noise is kept under control. However the noise supression is rather heavy-handed, often smearingfine detail.

Turning on the Super Night brightens up the whole scene and balances out the shadows and highlights a bit better, but actually reduces fine detail further.

2x zoom

As expected, the 2x zoom mode produces subpar low-light stills. The handset struggled to deliver decent enough daylight samples, so the low-light scenes are understandably poor.

Here’s how the primary camera on the Infinix GT 10 Pro stacks against the rest of the competition in the controlled environment of our Photo Compare Tool.

Video recording

The handset caps at 4K@30fps video recording and it can also do 1080p@60fps. Stabilization is present certain modes and there’s even an Ultra Steady mode, which mimics action cameras.

The regular 2160p@30fps footage is great – detailed and maturely processed it also has consisten framerate and pleasing colors.

However recording in 4K comes without stabilization so you have to make sure to keep your hands steady or you will end up with shaky footage.

Switching on the Ultra Steady mode limits the video resolution to 1080p and narrows the field of view but offers excellent stabilization without a jello effect.

You can also take a look at our video compare tool to see how Infinix GT 10 Pro stacks against the other phones we’ve reviewed.

Competition

Although labeled a gaming phone, the GT 10 Pro does little to justify that tag. The gaming aesthetics on the back and the few software tweaks are cool and all, but you get neither the top notch sustained performance nor the high framerate gaming you’d expect from a phone in the gaming class.

However the phone makes a lot of sense for those looking to get the best possible performance for their money. In India, the handset goes for less than INR 20,000 and the GT 10 Pro is really competitive in that segment.

The only thing that comes close to it in terms of value for money is the Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro. The latter is currently selling for a little over INR 20,000, but offers superior display, faster charging and an ultrawide camera. Even so, the X5 Pro can’t match the GT 10 Pro in terms of processing power, though.

The GT 10 Pro also goes against OnePlus’s Nord CE 3 Lite in the same price bracket and edges out with a better chipset and nicer OLED display. The two handsets are neck in neck when it comes to camera performance and charging. We believe that the faster chipset and better OLED panel are enough to choose the Infinix over OnePlus’ offering.

The Samsung Galaxy A14 5G is a popular choice among buyers in the sub-INR 20,000 category, but beyond the longer software support we struggle to find a compelling reason to go for the Galaxy. It has inferior display, much slower chipset and painfully slow charging. The still unreleased Galaxy F34 is probably a better pick as it features a huge 6,000 mAh battery and equally nice OLED panel. However, the Exynos 1280 is no match for the Dimensity 8050.

A more valid option outside of India would the Galaxy A34, but again you will be getting a more expensive phone with less capable hardware. The software alone could make the A34 a better fit for those looking for a smoother experience, though.

Verdict

So the Infinix GT 10 Pro is not a great smartphone, but is a very competitive midrange. It offers the best performance for its price, a solid OLED panel, faster-than-usual charging, 256GB internal storage and dependable camera performance.

Now the question remains how would people feel about buying a regular mid-ranger with those over the top gaming aesthetics. But in the age where all phones look so similar the stand-out Cyber-Mecha design is more of a pro than a con.

Pros

• Solid 120Hz OLED panel.
• Great price/performance ratio.
• Dependable battery life.
• One of the fastest charging solutions in the price range.
• Good daylight camera performance all-around, including selfies.
• 3.5mm jack, 256GB base storage, dedicated microSD card slot.
• Generous retail package.
• Stand-out Cyber-Mecha design.

Cons

• Sustained performance isn’t ideal for a gaming smartphone.
• XOS has too many preinstalled apps, poor organization
• Low-light camera performance is only average.
• Games are capped at 60fps.