INFINIX Note 12 2023 Overview After Opening the Package

I'm Raja from Techcraze20233 and this is the latest review of the new Infinix Note12 2022. Yes, it will not outperform the iPhone 14 Pro Max or the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, but it is also only $200. I don't know how that's possible, how they make any money, so I've teamed up with Infinix to give you a bit of a walkthrough.

The first change you'll notice is the updated rear design. With its shiny and matte appearance and huge spherical camera module, it stands out. Alpine white, Volcanicgrey, and Tuscany blue are available. It measures 7.8 mm.

It's light and pleasant. We have face unlocking, a bottom headphone jack, and microSD card compatibility if I take out the SIM card tray, but up front we get this massive 6.7-inch full HD Plus AMOLED display. AMOLED is awesome.

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One disadvantage of being well compromised is that we do get dual speakers, nice and thin bezels around the screen, and this tiny selfie camera to compensate for the 60 hertz screen.

And speaking of which, the new mediatek Helio g99 is inside the Note 12 2023. To get a little nerdy, that is a six nanometer chip versus the 12 nanometer g96 that we had on the previous note and is still used on a lot of value phones. What that means is that we're getting more power and better efficiency.

We're looking at about a 12 and a half percent faster CPU, a nine percent faster GPU, and all while being 10 more powerful. I mentioned the 60hertz, which is fine I guess for the price, but one thing you can do if you're happy to tinker is jump into the settings, tap the build number seven times to unlock the developer options, and then reduce, or in fact, speed up the animation time.

That can make things feel just a little bit snappier now I've been carrying this with me for the best part of a week now, and by the end of the day I have around 25% of my battery left, which is actually very good.

Given the screen size, the Note 12 202's combination of that power-efficient chip and the large 5, 000 mAh power battery results in a very good battery life. With casual use, a day and a half is certainly possible, and I'm also impressed that, given the price, they also bundle a charger in the box.

This is the Infinix 33 watt supercharger and will get you around 50 of the battery in half an hour, although sadly there isn't any wireless charging support now in the setup. If you tap this my phone option, you can see all the specs and the software for the Note 12.

As you can see, this runs Android 12. with Infinixx's ownXOS 10.6 software on top. There are a handful of pre-installed apps that I removed or hid away in folders, but it's smooth and we get some nice extra features.

For example, you can swipe in and hold from the side to open a smart panel for some quick app and tool shortcuts. There are also useful add-ons such as theft alert and speak proof plus.

If you explore the special functions and XOS labs in the settings, there are even more advanced features. Okay, let's talk about this camera. The headline is this main 50 megapixel F 1.6 camera, although we do also get a 2 megapixel DEV sensor, which helps to improve your portrait shots. Of course, you do have to set expectations considering the price, but I would say in good light, it does a decent job.

 

There's a good amount of detail, the colours are natural, and I think for the price, I honestly didn't expect it to be this capable. The Infinix 12 2023 is a really interesting phone. I would describe it as cheap and cheerful. I mean, it's 199, and I'm not sure how they make any money charging that much for a phone like this.

We get this nice thin chassis. It's pretty lightweight. I think it looks quite good as well. It's nice and quick thanks to that new G99 chip.

There's no wireless charging or official IP water resistance, but there are dual speakers, a headphone jack, a micro SD card slot, and some pretty good specs with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. For the price, the Infinix 12 2023 is definitely worth considering.

It's certainly not perfect, but for the price, you can't really complain.