Infinix HOT 60 5G Full Review, Budget Gaming Smartphone Under ₹9,999

Infinix HOT 60 5G Full Review, Budget Gaming Smartphone Under ₹10,000 When we first picked up the Infinix HOT 60 5G, it felt like Infinix was making a point: You don’t need to spend a fortune to get real gaming capabilities. Priced under ₹9,999 this device promises a lot. It offers an immersive display, a capable chipset, long-lasting battery life, and features usually found in more expensive phones. We put it through its paces to see if it truly delivers on these claims.

A Design That Feels Pre­mi­um

Weigh­ing just 193 grams and mea­sur­ing a slim 7.8 mm thick, the HOT 60 5G sur­pris­es with its light­ness and clean lines. In our hands, the flat, pol­ished edges in Sleek Black, Tun­dra Green, Shad­ow Blue, and Caramel Glow pro­vid­ed a sub­tle sheen that belies its bud­get roots. Although the back is plas­tic, it resists fin­ger­prints bet­ter than most glossy fin­ish­es we’ve used. The side-mount­ed pow­er but­ton also acts as a fast fin­ger­print sen­sor, plac­ing secu­ri­ty right where our thumb nat­u­ral­ly rests, even on its large 6.7‑inch frame.

Immer­sive, Adap­tive Dis­play

Our eyes lit up when we switched between the HOT 60 5G’s 60 Hz, 90 Hz, and 120 Hz modes. Whether we were scrolling through chat bub­bles or chas­ing down head­shots in our favorite game, the screen respond­ed smooth­ly. The 720×1600 HD+ res­o­lu­tion may seem mod­est, but text remained clear and col­ors stood out enough for stream­ing videos and gam­ing. Out­doors, the pan­el reached a peak bright­ness of around 700 nits, keep­ing vis­i­bil­i­ty clear even in harsh sun­light. No more squint­ing dur­ing mid­day bat­tles.

Medi­aTek Dimen­si­ty 7020: Built for Sus­tained Play

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Inside, we found the Medi­aTek Dimen­si­ty 7020. It fea­tures two pow­er­ful Cor­tex-A78 cores at 2.2 GHz and six effi­cient A55 cores at 2.0 GHz, paired with the Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. In every­day use, apps opened instant­ly, and the UI nev­er lagged. Run­ning PUBG Mobile at medi­um set­tings, we con­sis­tent­ly saw frame rates around 45–50 FPS. Even after long gam­ing ses­sions, the phone stayed cool and didn’t slow down. Our 6 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, bol­stered by 6 GB of vir­tu­al mem­o­ry, meant switch­ing between gam­ing, music, and social apps was smooth. With 128 GB of UFS stor­age expand­able up to 2 TB via microSD we nev­er had to wor­ry about space for our games and pho­tos.

Cam­eras That Punch Above Their Weight

We were pleased with the qual­i­ty of the 50 MP pri­ma­ry lens. In day­light, it cap­tured vibrant, well-exposed images with plen­ty of detail whether it was street scenes or cup-of-chai macros. Por­trait mode’s AI did a decent job sep­a­rat­ing sub­jects from back­grounds, cre­at­ing creamy bokeh, although it occa­sion­al­ly became too aggres­sive around stray hairs. At night, the lack of opti­cal sta­bi­liza­tion didn’t pre­vent Night mode from pulling out shad­ows and high­lights with­out adding too much noise. Video enthu­si­asts will like the 2K record­ing at 30 FPS and smooth 1080p at 60 FPS. The 8 MP front cam­era with its LED flash cap­tured clear, flat­ter­ing self­ies even in low light.

Bat­tery Endurance That Goes the Dis­tance

Gam­ing phones need sta­mi­na, and here the HOT 60 5G excels with its 5,200 mAh bat­tery. In our mixed-use test one hour of gam­ing, two hours of video, plus brows­ing and chat­ting we end­ed the day with around 20% bat­tery left. That’s enough to get into the next morn­ing. In heavy gam­ing mode, we saw over ten hours before hit­ting 10%. When it was time to recharge, the 18 W charg­er got us to 50% in about 40 min­utes, reach­ing a full charge in rough­ly 1 hour and 45 min­utes. We even used the 10 W reverse-charg­ing fea­ture to pow­er our ear­buds on the go.

XOS 15.1.1 on Android 15: Fea­ture-Rich Yet Unclut­tered

Run­ning XOS 15.1.1 over Android 15, the HOT 60 5G offers a clean, easy expe­ri­ence. We enjoyed the Always-On Dis­play, cus­tomiz­able Game Mode, and Smart Pan­el short­cuts. Bloat­ware was min­i­mal, and remov­ing unwant­ed apps was sim­ple. Ges­tures, pri­va­cy con­trols, Dark Mode, dig­i­tal well­be­ing tools, and a built-in screen recorder round­ed out the pack­age, mak­ing dai­ly use feel smooth.

Infinix HOT 60 5G Sum­ma­ry https://infinixmobiles.in/pages/hot-60–5g

Fea­ture	Details (Con­cise)
Design	193 g, 7.8 mm, flat edges, side fin­ger­print
Dis­play	6.7″ HD+ IPS, 60/90/120 Hz, ~700 nits bright­ness
Per­for­mance	Dimen­si­ty 7020, Mali‑G57 MC2, 6 GB+6 GB RAM
Stor­age	128 GB (microSD up to 2 TB)
Cam­eras	50 MP rear, Night mode; 8 MP front, LED flash
Bat­tery	5,200 mAh, 18 W fast‑charge, 10 W reverse‑charge
Soft­ware	XOS 15.1.1 on Android 15, Game Mode, AOD
Con­nec­tiv­i­ty	5G, Wi‑Fi ac, BT 5.4, GPS, dual‑SIM, 3.5 mm jack
Extras	IR blaster, DTS audio, IP64 splash‑proof
Price	Under ₹10,000

Con­nec­tiv­i­ty and Extras

For online gamers, sub‑6 GHz 5G and dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) ensured low-laten­cy con­nec­tions. Blue­tooth 5.4 kept our wire­less head­sets per­fect­ly synced, and GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou locked our loca­tion quick­ly. We appre­ci­at­ed the 3.5 mm head­phone jack, IR blaster for TV con­trol, and DTS audio for a rich­er sound. An IP64 rat­ing pro­tects against dust and splash­es, but don’t take it swim­ming.

Con­clu­sion: A Bud­get Cham­pi­on

When we add up the 120 Hz dis­play, Dimen­si­ty 7020 per­for­mance, amaz­ing bat­tery life, and sur­pris­ing­ly capa­ble cam­eras all for under ₹10,000 the Infinix HOT 60 5G stands out as a top choice in bud­get gam­ing. It won’t replace top-tier phones in raw pow­er or cam­era finesse, but for gamers and mul­ti­me­dia enthu­si­asts on a tight bud­get, it’s an excel­lent option that exceeds expec­ta­tions for its price