Infinix Note 5 Stylus review: Feature-rich phone with a stylus on budget

Infinix Note 5 Stylus review- Feature rich phone with a stylus on budget

The Infinix Note 5 Stylus is a feature-rich phone that comes with a stock Android experience, long-lasting battery, satisfactory camera, and an X-Pen (stylus)

Infinix, a smartphone brand owned by China’s Transsion Holdings, recently launched the successor to the Infinix Note 5 in India. Named the Infinix Note 5 Stylus, the phone comes with an X-Pen, a stylus similar to what we have seen coming with Samsung's Note-series phones. Priced at Rs 15,999, the smartphone comes in two colours — Red and Blue.

Design and display The Infinix Note 5 Stylus comes with a metal unibody design, which feels sturdy and has a premium touch to it. Unlike the glass or glass-like smartphones, the matte metallic rear panel is smudge-resistant and does not attract fingerprints. The volume rockers along with the power key are placed on the left panel, while the right panel hosts the SIM card tray.

On the bottom panel, there is a microUSB slot for charging and data transfers, 3.5-mm audio jack, speaker grille, microphone, and the Stylus holder .

The Infinix Note 5 Stylus sports a 5.93-inch fullHD+ display of a 1080 x 2160 pixels resolution. The screen is stretched in an 18:9 aspect ratio, which gives it a tall profile and slightly uneasy to operate with one hand. Interestingly, the Note 5 Stylus does not have a notch, which has become a common feature in most smartphones today. The display renders decent colours and contrast ratio; dynamic range and auto-brightness levels are also satisfactory. In bright outdoors, the screen struggles to keep up the brightness levels to stay legible. However, manually changing the the brightness level to around 80 per cent improves READ MORE ON BS / BUSINESS

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