Infinix Note 60 Pro

Yes, for buyers who want speed, battery life and charging above all. The Note 60 Pro is Infinix's first phone with a Snapdragon chip, and it pairs it with a 144Hz AMOLED screen, a 6500 mAh battery, 90W wired and 30W magnetic wireless charging, and extras such as the rear matrix display and a heart-rate sensor. Few phones at this level offer that combination.

The compromises are a weak 13 MP selfie camera, IP64 splash protection only, slower UFS 2.2 storage and a back design that not everyone likes. Pay attention to the price as well: supply has been tight, and some shops ask well above the official price. At that point the cheaper Note 60, which shares the screen, battery size and main camera, becomes the smarter buy.

Verdict: worth it at its official price for gamers and heavy users; not worth a black-market premium.

The front is a 6.78-inch 1.5K AMOLED panel with a 144Hz refresh rate, Gorilla Glass 7i and very thin bezels. Infinix rates it at 1600 nits in high-brightness mode and 4500 nits peak, and PWM dimming at 2304Hz, a high figure that should suit eyes sensitive to flicker. An extra-dim mode helps when using it in bed at night.

In daily use it is bright and smooth, though 144Hz only works in some apps, and the step up from 120Hz is small. YouTube plays up to 2160p, and Widevine L1 and HDR support were listed for streaming. The always-on display lasts only 10 seconds.

The back adds an Active Matrix display: it shows the time, battery level and notifications while the phone lies face down, can run simple games and is fully customisable. It is fun, though some users stop noticing it after the first few days.

The Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 is a 4 nm 5G chip with an Adreno 810 GPU, and in daily use apps open quickly and XOS 16's animations stay smooth. It is also efficient, which helps battery life.

Gaming is a real strength: PUBG runs at up to 90fps on the smooth setting and around 60fps at higher graphics settings, and a vapour chamber keeps temperatures in check. After 30 days of use it did not overheat, although the aluminium frame feels warm while charging or in a hot Pakistani summer. Benchmark scores land close to one million in normal conditions.

RAM is the faster LPDDR5 type, but storage is UFS 2.2, which is slower for large installs and file copies. Early units saw occasional app crashes, including the camera app; later updates fixed some of them.

The 50 MP main camera has an f/1.6 lens and optical stabilisation, joined by an 8 MP ultrawide and a 13 MP selfie camera. In good light photos are detailed, with good subject cutouts and background blur, and exposure adjusts quickly in bright scenes. In low light it struggles a little, with some grain in shadows, though stabilisation helps keep shots usable. Digital zoom stays usable up to 2x.

The main and selfie cameras both record 4K at 30fps; the ultrawide records at 2K with electronic stabilisation, and portrait video works at 1080p.

The selfie camera is the weakest part. It drops to 13 MP from the previous model's higher-resolution sensor; it gives natural skin tones in good light, but low-light selfies and especially low-light video show the smaller sensor. Buyers who shoot a lot of selfies should look elsewhere.

Our specs list 6000 mAh or 6500 mAh depending on the market; the Pakistani version has 6500 mAh. Endurance is excellent: after 30 days of use, nine to ten hours of screen-on time was typical and standby drain was very low, helped by the efficient Snapdragon chip.

Wired charging is 90W with the charger in the box. Official figures quote 50% in 16 minutes and a full charge in 41 minutes, while hands-on use put a full charge at about an hour. It also supports 30W wireless charging through the magnetic case in the box, 5W reverse wireless and 7.5W reverse wired charging for earbuds or a watch, and bypass charging for gaming. You can set a charging limit of 80% or 90% and check battery health. Infinix also claims a self-healing battery that recovers capacity over time.

It runs XOS 16 on Android 16. Infinix promises three major Android upgrades and five years of security updates, a good commitment at this level, though Infinix has been slow to deliver updates to older Note models. Preinstalled extra apps and games can be uninstalled easily.

Useful features include lock-screen customisation, notification pop-ups at the top of the screen, call recording in Infinix's own dialer, an Instant Transfer app for moving data to or from an iPhone, and a Health app for the heart-rate sensor. The AI assistant puts DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Gemini and others in one place, and the gallery's AI editor, Circle to Search and the customisable action button round it out. Early versions had some glitches, but updates have arrived regularly since launch.