Introduction
We don't review Infinix phones too often, mostly due to the brand's only regional popularity. In certain markets, particularly in Africa and South Asia, Infinix has its fair share of market pull.
To provide additional context, Infinix is one of the brands the Chinese Transsion Holding sells phones under. Other major ones include Tecno and Itel. Also, Oraimo for accessories and Carlcare for after-sales service. But, we digress.
The point is that the Infinix Note 11 Pro we have for review today might not be easy to acquire in many places but could very well be a great value, if it's available in your market.
Full disclosure, we've had access to Infinix Note 10 Pro as well, but since it's already superseded by the Note 11 Pro, we skipped the review altogether. Still, we will be referencing it occasionally throughout the review.
Infinix Note 11 Pro specs at a glance:
- Body: 173.1x78.4x8.7mm, 209g; plastic body and frame.
- Display: 6.95" IPS LCD, 120Hz, 1080x2460px resolution, 20.5:9 aspect ratio, 387ppi.
- Chipset: Mediatek Helio G96 (12 nm): Octa-core (2x2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G57 MC2.
- Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM; UFS 2.2; microSDXC (dedicated slot).
- OS/Software: Android 11, XOS 10.
- Rear camera: Wide (main): 64 MP, f/1.7, 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF; Telephoto: 13 MP, f/2.5, 1/3.1", 1.12µm, AF; Depth: 2 MP, f/2.4.
- Front camera: 16 MP.
- Video capture: Rear camera: 1440p@30fps; Front camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 5000mAh; Fast Charging 33W.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); FM radio; 3.5mm jack.
The Infinix Note 11 Pro is a budget phone by design but does have some intriguing specs highlights like a huge 6.95-inch IPS LCD with 120Hz refresh rate, stereo speakers, a big 5,000 mAh battery with 33W charging and a triple camera setup, with a dedicated telephoto snapper. Intriguing stuff all around.
Before we get to any of that, though, let's start with a quick unboxing and a few comments on the accessory package.
Unboxing
The Infinix Note 11 Pro comes in a two-piece cardboard box. It is thick and sturdy and includes cardboard cradles and separators on the inside, holding everything securely in place. The box itself is bright green, which definitely stands out on a shelf.
In terms of accessories, you do get a nice transparent TPU case, as well as a glass screen protector. Also in the box - a 33W fast charger, rated for 5v@3A and 10V@3.3A. We've seen this exact charger bundled with other Infinix devices before. There is a USB Type-A to Type-C cable in the box, as well, and that's about it. Notably, there are no earbuds included in the box, unlike previous models. In fact, even the Infinix Note 10 Pro has them. Not that they are particularly special, but still a bit of added value.
Design
The Infinix Note 11 Pro is not a flashy device by any means, yet it still manages to look slick and modern. The backside and particularly the camera island have a rather distinctive look to them.
Infinix has managed to create a pretty convincing illusion of depth and extra size around the lenses on the camera island. From a distance, you would be forgiven to think that there is, perhaps, something impressive present here, like a beefy gyroscopic stabilization setup or something of the sort. The older Note 10 Pro doesn't really pull off the look as convincingly.
The back panel itself feels quite sturdy. In fact, the entire device feels nice and dense, and there is no give. It seems Infinix is making a proper use of that entire 173.1 x 78.4 x 8.7 mm exterior. Tipping the scale at 209 grams, the Note 11 Pro is definitely not a light phone, but probably due to its large size, it feels well balanced. By the way, the exact same goes for the Note 10 Pro, which is almost identical in all dimensions.
Back to the topic of surfaces - the back panel on the Note 11 Pro, like most other parts of the phone, is made of plastic but feels great and solid, with a matte finish, reminiscent of sandstone, but not quite as coarse.
It provides plenty of grip without gathering any grease or fingerprints. Color options include Mithril Grey, Haze Green and Mist Blue.
The plastic middle frame seems to be going for a metal finish but doesn't quite manage to pull it off. Unlike the back, it is a smudge-fest. Other than that, it feels nice and sturdy. Plus, we kind of like the concaved bits on the top and bottom side. They make for a modern look.
The front of the Note 11 Pro is quite unassuming. Nothing out of the ordinary. The bezels are on the thicker side, but that just comes par for the course with a budget phone. The selfie camera punch hole is also of the wider variety but is not a particular eyesore or disproportionately large for the large display.
Infinix Note 11 Pro color options
By the way, once again, most of these observations are also valid for the older Note 10 Pro since the duo shared most of its exterior. In fact, we are pretty certain that Infinix is reusing some of the parts and molds. No shame in that.
Build quality
The Infinix Note 11 Pro is mostly made of plastic. After all, it is a budget device, plus plastic still has some intrinsic positive qualities, like high durability and comparatively low weight. It arguably takes scuffs and scratches better than metal or glass. And all of the plastics on the Note 11 Pro feel solid, with practically no flex.
Even though we don't mind seeing plastic on the body of a phone, it is a lot more worrying to potentially have it covering the display. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to confirm what finish the display on the Note 11 Pro has. However, given that the phone comes with a glass screen protector in the box, it is a safe bet to assume that you are expected to install it, which likely means there is no glass finish on the display.
Another thing notably missing from the Note 11 Pro specs sheet is any official ingress protection. By the way, these points are equally applicable to the Infinix Note 10 Pro as well.
Controls and connectivity
The Infinix Note 11 Pro has a standard control setup. Volume rockers and the power button are both on the right-hand side. The volume rocker feels good in terms of tactile feedback, though not great. The same goes for the power button. We do appreciate its nicely concaved surroundings, which make it easy to feel out.
The power button doubles as a conventional capacitive fingerprint reader. It is very accurate and snappy. No complaints there.
One thing worth noting is that even though controls on the Note 11 Pro and Note 10 Pro looks quite similar, they are not quite identical and actually differ a bit in positioning, which suggests that Infinix is not really reusing as many of the molds and is trying to improve on ergonomics. The volume rocker on the Note 11 Pro is a bit wider, which is nice. Though, the Note 10 Pro has all of its right-hand buttons a bit higher up on the frame, which we kind of like more. We guess that comes down to personal preference, though.
Infinix Note 11 Pro
Anyway, the Note 11 Pro has its SIM tray on the left-hand side. It takes two nano-SIM cards, as well as a microSD card in its own dedicated space. So, you don't have to pick and choose.
There is practically nothing on the top side of the phone, whereas the bottom houses a Type-C port, with a USB 2.0 controller and OTG functionality. Next to that - a trusty old 3.5mm jack and the main microphone. Also, a dedicated bottom-firing speaker.
The Note 11 Pro actually has a hybrid stereo speaker setup going, with the amplified earpiece nestled above the display, acting as the second channel. Not too shabby.
In terms of radio and wireless connectivity, you get a fairly-modern loadout, courtesy of the Helio G96 chipset, including dual LTE standby, dual-band Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0 with LE and an FM radio. No NFC, though.
All of this, by the way, is equally true of the Infinix Note 10 Pro as well.
Display
One of the major draws of the Infinix Note series is arguably a huge display on a budget. Just like its predecessor, the Note 11 Pro does not disappoint in this department, with a massive 6.95-inch IPS LCD panel and a 20.5:9 aspect ratio. That is 114.7 cm2 worth of display, almost as big as you can get with the original "Note" line from Samsung and its still current top-tier Note20 Ultra.
The selfie punch hole, as we mentioned, doesn't even look terribly big or obtrusive on such a massive display, even though the cutout is on the bigger side. Size, however, is pretty much the only thing the Infinix Note 11 Pro display has going for it. The panel's performance itself ranges from decent to outright disappointing.
We measured a maximum of 470 nits on the Infinix Note 11 Pro, which is decent but not overly impressive. The same is true for contrast.
| Display test | 100% brightness | ||
| Black, |
White, |
||
| 0 | 657 | ∞ | |
| 0.408 | 577 | 1414:1 | |
| 0.475 | 540 | 1137:1 | |
| 0.366 | 536 | 1464:1 | |
| 0.383 | 530 | 1384:1 | |
| 0.384 | 491 | 1279:1 | |
| 0.4 | 477 | 1193:1 | |
| 0.349 | 472 | 1352:1 | |
| 0.334 | 472 | 1413:1 | |
| 0.292 | 470 | 1610:1 | |
| 0.241 | 468 | 1942:1 | |
| 0 | 466 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 458 | ∞ | |
| 0.206 | 450 | 2184:1 | |
| 0.337 | 447 | 1326:1 | |
| 0.277 | 439 | 1585:1 | |
| 0.32 | 437 | 1366:1 | |
| 0.348 | 433 | 1244:1 | |
| 0.253 | 426 | 1684:1 | |
| 0.28 | 413 | 1475:1 | |
| 0.311 | 411 | 1322:1 | |
| 0.317 | 408 | 1287:1 | |
| 0.23 | 406 | 1765:1 | |
| 0.204 | 403 | 1975:1 | |
| 0.292 | 398 | 1363:1 | |
| 0 | 396 | 1494:1 | |
| 0.252 | 395 | 1567:1 | |
| 0.239 | 381 | 1594:1 | |
| 0.298 | 370 | 1242:1 | |
| 0.202 | 328 | 1624:1 | |
By the way, the Infinix Note 10 Pro performs similarly, with a bit lower maximum brightness but slightly better contrast, due to less light bleed in blacks. Both phones have a light sensor and automatic brightness adjustment, but neither has a max auto-brightness mode.
Worse still, our Infinix 11 Pro unit keeps constantly adjusting its brightness even with the auto toggle disabled. This made testing its battery endurance extra difficult and deserves to be noted. Hopefully, it's a simple software fix since our Note 10 Pro unit has no such issue.
Color accuracy is particularly disappointing on the Note 11 Pro. There are no color modes or settings to adjust. Interestingly enough, the panel seems to be trying to target a wider color space than sRGB. Color accuracy is not this screen's forte.
By the way, the same is very much true for the older Infinix Note 10 Pro as well.
There is no HDR support on the Infinix Note 11 Pro. It also only supports Widevine L3, which means that video streaming through services like Netflix will be limited to 480p. Worse still, you can't install Netflix from the Play Store at all. The Infinix 11 Pro is simply blacklisted at the time of writing this.
HDR • Widevine • Netflix
We did manage to sideload the APK successfully, which, expectedly, just offers SD streaming. We should note, though, that this might be due to our Infinix Note 11 Pro unit running some earlier OS build since the Infinix Note 10 Pro has none of these issues, installs Netflix, has Widevine L1 and even reports HDR10 and HLG support in software. We have been struggling to flash a retail ROM on our Infinix Note 11 Pro, but retail units will hopefully have all of this cleared up.
High refresh rate handling
The Infinix Note 11 Pro screen can operate with a 120Hz refresh rate - an upgrade over the Infinix Note 10 Pro and its 90Hz panel. On top of that, there is 180Hz touch sampling. The 120Hz mode actually works surprisingly well too. You get to choose between three different refresh rate modes in settings. 60Hz works exactly as expected - it just locks refresh rate at 60Hz.
Display refresh rate settings
In contrast, 120Hz mode is not strictly locked at 120Hz, but rather it favors 120Hz, while still doing some strategic changing down to 90Hz or 60Hz in some apps to save power.
Infinix Note 11 Pro working in 120Hz mode
We made sure to try a few games, known to be able to render at over 60 fps as well. All of them managed to work in 120Hz mode, and while the Infinix Note 11 Pro doesn't have a built-in fps meter for us to verify actual in-game fps, we can say, with a fair level of certainty, that these games ran at over 60fps as well.
Games in 120Hz mode
The Auto-switch refresh rate toggle tries its best to offer more dynamic refresh rate management, and indeed we noticed that the Infinix Note 11 Pro dropped down to 60Hz a lot more frequently in auto mode. The problem is that this often happens for apps that could benefit from 120Hz. Chrome only ran at 60Hz, which is a particularly annoying one.
Infinix Note 11 Pro working in Auto-switch refresh rate mode
The same goes for games. Out of the titles we already confirmed were running in a high refresh rate mode, and with greater than 60fps, we only managed to get one to behave as expected while in auto mode. The rest were capped at 60fps.
Games in Auto-switch refresh rate mode
So overall, high refresh rate handling on the Infinix is good but still not perfect. Some extra work is either required to make the auto mode better or, alternatively, Infinix could just implement a per-app refresh rate settings menu, which would allow you to just pick and choose when to save on power and when to have the benefits of a smoother experience.
While still on the topic of refresh rate and smoothness, it is worth noting that despite its other shortcoming, the panel on the Infinix Note 11 Pro has quite a decent pixel response time. We noticed no excessive smearing or ghosting, which is impressive to see on a budget device-also kind of surprising given some of the other issues this particular display has.
Battery life
The Infinix Note 11 Pro has a beefy 5,000 mAh battery. That is sort of the norm within the Infinix Note line. Battery life is great all-around. The MediaTek Helio G96 is a relatively new chipset and one that has only stopped by the office in the Realme 8i so far. Hence, it's encouraging to see equally and consistently great battery numbers on the Infinix Note 11 Pro. Especially given the struggle we had with its fluctuating display brightness.
Anyway, 128 hours is a great overall endurance score, and there is no single individual endurance test in which the Note 11 Pro disappoints either. No complaints there.
For the sake of thoroughness, we also put the older Infinix Note 10 Pro through our battery endurance testing and got essentially the same excellent score. The Note 10 Pro, with its MediaTek Helio G95 chipset, does a bit worse in standby tests but makes up for lost ground with excellent call endurance. We managed to squeeze more video playback time out of it, compared to the Infinix Note 11 Pro too. But not by much.
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.
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
The Infinix Note 11 Pro supports 33W of fast charging, which Infinix calls Super Charge. You get a proprietary charger in the box, with a 5V@3A, as well as 10V@3.3W output, for a max of 33W. The charger uses USB Type-a, and you also get a USB Type-A to Type-C cable in the box. Since 10V are not a standard USB voltage, we can only assume that the provided cable is custom, in the sense that it is likely rated for the higher wattage. You should hold on to it, or you might be limited to 15W of charging.
30min charging test (from 0%)
Higher is better
- Infinix Zero 8
65% - Realme 8
56% - Realme 8s 5G
50% - Poco M3 Pro 5G
33% - Motorola Moto G30
32% - Samsung Galaxy A02s
30% - Realme 8i
30% - Realme 8 5G
29% - Infinix Note 10 Pro
26% - Xiaomi Redmi 10
26% - Samsung Galaxy A21s
26% - Infinix Note 11 Pro
25% - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
25% - Poco M3
25% - Samsung Galaxy A12
20%
Time to full charge (from 0%)
Lower is better
- Realme 8
1:09h - Realme 8s 5G
1:14h - Infinix Zero 8
1:20h - Poco M3 Pro 5G
2:00h - Infinix Note 10 Pro
2:05h - Infinix Note 11 Pro
2:07h - Xiaomi Redmi 10
2:13h - Realme 8 5G
2:20h - Realme 8i
2:21h - Motorola Moto G30
2:28h - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
2:30h - Poco M3
2:30h - Samsung Galaxy A02s
2:36h - Samsung Galaxy A12
3:03h
The Infinix Note 11 Pro is not particularly quick to charge. Still, considering it has a big 5,000 mAh battery and a budget price tag, it's not too bad either.
Speakers
The Infinix Note 11 Pro has a stereo speaker setup. It doesn't actually have two dedicated speakers but uses the amplified earpiece as a second channel for a hybrid setup. That doesn't really hold it back too much, though, since the two channels are surprisingly well balanced. Particularly for a budget phone.
The speakers just keep on giving in terms of performance too. Loudness on the Infinix Note 11 Pro is excellent, and frequency response is decent overall, even if unimpressive. You can get some screeching in mids and highs, but it's not too bad. Plus, you can tune most of these deficiencies out and generally fine-tweak the sound to your liking since Infinix has included DTS Sound on the Infinix Note 11 Pro. It has four general smart modes to choose from, as well as tweaks within said modes and a full manual equalizer beyond that. Kind of the polar opposite in terms of options compared to the display settings.
By the way, all of these observations mostly apply to the older Infinix Note 10 Pro, which just has a slightly lower maximum loudness.
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.
XOS 10 on top of android 11
Infinix has its own XOS Android skin, which has already gone through quite a few iterations over the years. So many, in fact, that it is a bit hard to keep track of. Our Infinix Note 10 Pro unit runs XOS 7.6 on top of Android 11. In contrast, the Infinix Note 11 Pro review unit originally shipped with an XOS 8, Android 11 ROM, which was apparently in a less-than-final state, and we had to update to the company's latest XOS 10 version. This was not a straightforward process, but we won't bore you with the details since we are sure retail units won't have to go through the same hassle and will just run XOS 10 on top of Android 11 out of the box. This is what we eventually ended up with.
There is a lot of ground to cover with this new XOS, mainly since it is chuck-full of features and options. Perhaps even overwhelmingly so.
Many of the included apps could also be considered bloatware since Infinix has included quite a few of its own first-party apps, as well as third-party ones, oftentimes with overlapping feature sets.
A large number of pre-loaded apps
The important thing to note is that XOS 10 works smoothly, with no hiccups or stutters despite the influx of apps. So Infinix has done its job pretty well in the custom UI department. And when we say custom, we mean custom. In no particular order, starting from the lock screen, you get an optional Magazine service. Beyond that, the clock screen is also affected by the powerful Theme support, which includes things like video slide shows, custom fonts, as well as an online Theme repository in the shape of a separate XTheme app.
Lock screen • Magazine service • Extensive themes support
The home screen includes a custom feed as the leftmost desktop pane, as well as big folders to organize and categorize your shortcuts by default.
Home screen and folders
Of course, if this is not to your liking, you can revert back to just having a list of shortcuts on the home screens, sans folders. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to customization. You can tweak things like grid size, gestures, notification badges. You can even switch to a vertical rather than horizontal scrolling home screen and change the text color. That's on par with the customization we expect from a third-party launcher.
Launcher options and customization
XOS 10 is more visually polished overall, with rebound effects and a refreshed look and feel. While not new with XOS 10, it is worth noting that the notification shade and control center are separated out into two separate entities. 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.
Notifications and quick toggles
We won't be going through every feature and app available in XOS 10, but there are some noteworthy highlights. There is actually a dedicated Special function menu that houses many of these.
Special functions menu
Lightning Multi-Window has a self-explanatory title. It is a floating window implementation. Far from the best we've seen, but still functional.
Lightning Multi-Window
The same goes for Smart Panel. It's among the more customizable implementations of this feature that we have seen.
Smart Panel
Social Turbo houses a whole slew of powerful features meant to work on top of WhatsApp and enhance its factory experience.
Social Turbo features to enhance WhatsApp
We have to mention MOL as well. It is a rather powerful translation engine that works system-wide and can even function offline. Not only can you use it to translate text, but it also features a Face-to-face translator component, which can be used to have an in-person conversation with a foreign speaker. Nothing that's not available as a third-party app, but still quite convenient to just have baked-in.
MOL translator
Naturally, you get other things like extensive gestures, app cloning, known as XClone, as well as some gimmicks like Peek Proof, which "hides" parts of the screen for whatever reason.
Gestures • XClone • Peak Proof
You get in-depth control over battery endurance and power-saving too through the Power Marathon app, including some interesting "smart" Ai features.
Power Marathon
Speaking of Ai features, XOS 10 has a whole menu of these as one of the highlights of the new version 10 update. Ai Assistant can monitor for a number of triggers and gather all sorts of usage data and then send out notifications and suggest actions accordingly. There are quite a few intriguing quality of life improvements buried in this menu. Definitely worth checking out.
Smart Scenes and Smart Accelerator
Another highlighted XOS 10 feature, or rather set of features, called Monster Game Kit has to do with game optimization. Infinix has a baked-in Dar-Link 2.0 software, which promises Ai-driven, on the fly, automatic optimization of games, including frame rate stability, decreasing touch latency and managing hardware performance and temperature. There is a system-wide Game Mode toggle, as well as a Game Mode setting menu to tweak most of the behavior.
Game Mode
On the more tangible side of things, you also get the XArena app, which is your standard 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 plenty of convenient shortcuts, including floating app support.
XArena and in-game toolbar
Again, this is far from the most cohesive or feature-complete gaming suite we have seen. An fps counter, finer performance controls and some capture/streaming options are notable omissions. Still nitpicking aside, XOS 10 goes far and beyond most of its Android UI rivals in this department.
In fact, there is no denying that Infinix clearly has ambitious software effort, bordering on a whole dedicated ecosystem of its own. In case you need any proof of that, consider the Folax voice assistant, which appears to be a totally unique Infinix entry into the niche. A fairly-capable one at that, which doesn't even require a network connection to function.
Folax voice assistant
And then there are also apps like InSync and Welife, which are meant to manage IoT ecosystems. The first appears to be a first-party Infinix one, with support for a range of Infinix smart TVs and an Infinix laptop. Impressively ambitious stuff.
IoT apps and ecosystems
Circling back to our original point about XOS 10, there is truly a lot to cover here, and we barely scratched the surface. If we had to sum up the experience, we would say it is fluent and pleasant from a performance standpoint and quite feature-rich, but also quite chaotic. XOS is still in desperate need of some debloating and organization. Thankfully, for the most part, you can do that yourself with a bit of time and tweaking, and the end result could be a very powerful and versatile Android 11 experience.
Performance and benchmarks
The Infinix Note 11 Pro uses a MediaTek Helio G96 chipset. It's a recently announced chip and still a not particularly popular one. We've personally only seen it working in the Realme 8i.
There could actually be another reason for the limited popularity of the particular chip other than it being quite new. Despite what the name suggests, the G96 is not exactly an all-around upgrade over the Helio G95. The Helio G96 features a pair of Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.05 GHz and six A55 cores, the same as the G95. However, its GPU is only a Mali-G57 MC2, a clear downgrade from the G76 MC4 that came before.
So, we can essentially expect a downgrade in GPU performance compared to the Helio G95 and on-par CPU numbers. In terms of additional features, the Infinix Note 11 Pro does claim to make use of fast UFS 2.2 storage. But, annoyingly, for some unknown reason, its video capture is limited to 2K resolution, while the DSP and encoder should be able to handle 4K@30fps.
Anyway, there is only one memory config for the Note 11 Pro - 8GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage. There is also support for Extended RAM, which adds an additional 3GB of virtual RAM to the pool for a total of 11GB.
Let's kick things off with GeekBench and some pure CPU loads. The Note 11 Pro and its Helio G96 are clearly doing well in the CPU department. Despite the identical CPU setup, you can even see the Note 11 Pro managing slightly better numbers in multi-threaded workloads than the G95 inside the Realme 8.
GeekBench 5 (multi-core)
Higher is better
- Realme 8i
1886 - Realme 8s 5G
1842 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
1800 - Realme 8 5G
1784 - Realme 8
1690 - Infinix Zero 8
1663 - Infinix Note 10 Pro
1644 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
1400 - Poco M3
1398 - Xiaomi Redmi 9 (Prime)
1325 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
1314 - Xiaomi Redmi 10
1294 - Redmi Note 9
1292 - Motorola Moto G30
1265 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
1100 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
495
GeekBench 5 (single-core)
Higher is better
- Realme 8s 5G
616 - Realme 8 5G
569 - Realme 8i
539 - Realme 8
533 - Infinix Zero 8
532 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
520 - Infinix Note 10 Pro
510 - Xiaomi Redmi 9 (Prime)
362 - Redmi Note 9
361 - Xiaomi Redmi 10
361 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
352 - Poco M3
308 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
307 - Motorola Moto G30
306 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
184 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
131
It is also great to see relatively consistent results with the Realme 8i, which also rocks the same Helio G96 chip.
AnTuTu is a bit more complex in its benchmark scenario and also includes graphical tests and takes into account things like storage and memory speed. This is perhaps where the advertised UFS 2.2 storage should shine through. That could very well be true, but any potential boost in those areas is clearly negated by poor GPU performance.
AnTuTu 8
Higher is better
- Realme 8s 5G
329661 - Infinix Note 10 Pro
310342 - Realme 8 5G
302059 - Realme 8
298328 - Realme 8i
293507 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
290797 - Infinix Zero 8
282348 - Xiaomi Redmi 9 (Prime)
201829 - Redmi Note 9
200414 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
180195 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
177917 - Poco M3
177904 - Motorola Moto G30
170968 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
107157 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
90811
AnTuTu 9
Higher is better
- Realme 8s 5G
383409 - Infinix Note 10 Pro
365490 - Realme 8 5G
361505 - Realme 8
357488 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
343527 - Realme 8i
308544 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
165779
On the flip side, it is still great to see consistent results compared to the Realme 8i, even if they are a bit disappointing.
This trend continues into GFXBench and its graphical runs, where the two phones are almost always exactly neck to neck.
GFX Manhattan ES 3.0 (offscreen 1080p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
54 - Realme 8
53 - Infinix Zero 8
49 - Realme 8s 5G
41 - Realme 8 5G
38 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
37 - Realme 8i
37 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
25 - Motorola Moto G30
20 - Poco M3
19 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
19 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
16 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
9.3
GFX Manhattan ES 3.0 (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
48 - Realme 8
48 - Infinix Zero 8
42 - Realme 8 5G
35 - Motorola Moto G30
34
33
31
28
28
22
17
17
16
The Realme 8i does tend to get a couple of extra frames here and there in on-screen scenarios, which could be explained by the fact that it has a few fewer vertical pixels worth of resolution than the Note 11 Pro. Off-screen runs are the interesting ones for cross-device comparisons.
GFX Manhattan ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
33 - Realme 8
33 - Infinix Zero 8
30 - Realme 8s 5G
27 - Realme 8 5G
25 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
24 - Realme 8i
24 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
16 - Motorola Moto G30
14 - Poco M3
13 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
13 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
9.4 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
6.1
GFX Manhattan ES 3.1 (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Realme 8
29 - Infinix Note 10 Pro
28 - Infinix Zero 8
26 - Motorola Moto G30
26 - Realme 8s 5G
24 - Realme 8 5G
22 - Realme 8i
22 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
20 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
19 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
14 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
12 - Poco M3
11 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
10
GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
20 - Realme 8
20 - Infinix Zero 8
18 - Realme 8s 5G
16 - Realme 8 5G
15 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
14 - Realme 8i
14 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
9.6 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
7.5 - Motorola Moto G30
7.3 - Poco M3
7.2 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
6 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
3.4
GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Realme 8
18 - Infinix Note 10 Pro
17 - Infinix Zero 8
15 - Realme 8s 5G
14 - Realme 8 5G
13 - Motorola Moto G30
13 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
11 - Realme 8i
11 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
11 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
8.7 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
6.1 - Poco M3
5.9 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
5.8
We can clearly see the older Helio G95, as found in the Infinix Note 10 Pro, Realme 8 and a couple of Tecno phones we have on the list, performs better in GPU tasks thanks to its four Mali-G76 GPU cores.
GFX Aztek Vulkan High (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
11 - Realme 8
11 - Infinix Zero 8
10 - Realme 8s 5G
8.9 - Motorola Moto G30
8.7 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
7.3 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
6.6 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
4.7 - Poco M3
4.1 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
4.1 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
3.5
GFX Aztek ES 3.1 High (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
12 - Realme 8
12 - Infinix Zero 8
11 - Realme 8s 5G
9.7 - Motorola Moto G30
9.1 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
7.9 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
7.1 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
5.4 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
3.5 - Poco M3
2.8 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
2.7
GFX Aztek Vulkan High (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
7.5 - Realme 8
7.5 - Realme 8s 5G
5.8 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
5.1 - Poco M3
4.2 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
4.2 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
3.1 - Motorola Moto G30
2.8 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
1.1
GFX Aztek ES 3.1 High (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
7.7 - Realme 8
7.7 - Realme 8s 5G
6.2 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
5.6 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
3.4 - Poco M3
2.8 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
2.8 - Motorola Moto G30
2.8 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
1.2
The same goes for MediaTek's Dimensity chips. Even though some of those lower-end models are closer in GPU performance to the Helio G96 and hence worse than the G96 or even the G90T, their call to fame is undoubtedly 5G on a budget.
This overall GPU performance spread carries over to 3DMark as well. Granted, that benchmark is a bit less favorable towards the Infinix Note 11 Pro and its Helio G96 chipset, but at least we were able to run Sling Shot Extreme on it, which was not the case with the Realme 8i.
3DMark SSE ES 3.1 (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
2748 - Realme 8
2610 - Realme 8s 5G
2567 - Infinix Zero 8
2537 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
2431 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
1399 - Motorola Moto G30
1185 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
1181 - Poco M3
1175 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
888 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
438
3DMark SSE Vulkan 1.0 (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
2854 - Realme 8
2639 - Infinix Zero 8
2556 - Realme 8s 5G
2439 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
2256 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
1424 - Motorola Moto G30
1142 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
1107 - Poco M3
1106 - Samsung Galaxy A21s
901 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
489
3DMark Wild Life Vulkan 1.1 (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Infinix Note 10 Pro
1506 - Realme 8
1486 - Realme 8s 5G
1231 - Realme 8 5G
1104 - Realme 8i
1102 - Infinix Note 11 Pro
1100 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
722 - Motorola Moto G30
389 - Poco M3
368 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
365
Anyway, the results are consistent with what we have already observed.
Before we close out the performance section, it is worth noting that the Infinix Note 11 Pro remained nice and cool with stressful loads. We saw no abnormal thermal throttling either. Infinix says that there is a 9-layer 3D graphene colling film inside the Note 11 Pro, which is probably helping in this department. Same foes for the Dar-Link 2.0 system for dynamically controlling temperature and performance.
While the MediaTek Helio G96 is far from a powerful chipset, particularly in the GPU department, the Infinix Note 11 Pro makes proper use of its performance. It delivers a smooth UI and general app experience. Thanks to some above-average handling of the 120Hz refresh rate enabled by the new chip and display combo, playing supported high refresh rate games is an easy and worthwhile endeavor more often than not. This is a rare feature, particularly on a budget phone.
Triple-cam setup with a dedicated telephoto
The main camera setup on the Infinix Note 11 Pro is unquestionably one of its more unique highlights. While its Note 10 Pro predecessor relied on a much more widespread budget combo of a 64MP main cam, with an 8MP ultrawide and two complementary 2MP snappers, the Infinix Note 11 Pro very unconventionally foregoes an ultrawide and offers a dedicated 2x telephoto instead.
A 2x zoom camera is not a common sight on a budget phone, yet the Note 11 Pro does, indeed, have a 64MP, f/1.7 Quad Bayer main camera, with PDAF, a 13MP, f/2.5 telephoto with autofocus and a 2MP, f/2.4 depth sensor. For selfies, you get a 16MP fixed-focus snapper. Overall, nothing too fancy or punching above the price grade, yet still potentially unique enough to draw at garner at least some interest, since it is not every day that you see a telephoto on a budget phone.
Let's go through the hardware setup first since the Infinix Note 11 Pro was nice and cooperative enough to confess all of the hardware identifiers for its cameras. The main camera sensor is clearly a Quad Bayer one, but not one of the usual suspects from Sony or Samsung. Instead, it is actually an OmniVision OV64C - the company's first such sensor, with 1/1.72" size and 0.8um individual pixels, plus a 2x2 microlens PD autofocus system, which promises improved autofocus, particularly in low-light.
For video, this particular module can actually output 8K@30fps, though, unfortunately, the Note 11 Pro can only capture up to 1440p (2K). This is one of the more obvious and unfortunate downgrades compared to the Note 10 Pro, which does have a 4K recording. At least you do get EIS, which on the Note 11 Pro is limited to 1080p.
Moving on, the 13MP telephoto uses a Samsung ISOCELL S5K3L6 sensor - 1/3.1" sensor size and 1.2um individual pixels. There is basic autofocus here and ac not very bright f/2.5 lens. The 2MP depth sensor is a GalaxyCore gc02m1b model. The selfie cam uses a Hynix hi1631q sensor. No autofocus on it. No official data of the lens in front of it, but from what we can gather, it is an f/2.0 one, and the entire selfie setup is the same on the Infinix Note 10 Pro.
Camera app
The default camera app is well-organized and has a surprising number of options and additional features. We were honestly pleasantly surprised. There is a potent AI scene detection system, which not only automatically detects and switches between modes but also sometimes suggests switching camera modes outright, like directing you to the dedicated Super Night mode when there is not enough light. There is a mode carousel on the bottom, as well as a slide-out menu and plenty of settings to fiddle with.
Main camera UI, modes and settings
Our sole complaint about the AI is that we found no way of disabling it, short of switching to Pro mode. Since we are on the topic, you get exposure correction (-2 - +2), shutter speed (1/1500 - 30s), ISO (100 - 6400), white balance (2000 - 9000K), manual focus and three metering modes.
Pro photo mode and focus points
Speaking of focus and metering, the viewfinder includes squares to visualize focus points, which we find really convenient and is a surprisingly uncommon feature.
The video capture UI is pretty straightforward too. Though, it is worth pointing out that Infinix has included toggles for beauty filters in video, as well as portrait video with a faux defocused background. Again, not a super widespread features, particularly on a budget device.
Video capture UI
And speaking of nifty added-value features, there is the Short video mode, which has beauty filters, as well as Snapchat-style live effects and overlays. Neat little addition.
Short video filters and lenses
Photo quality - daylight
Daylight photos from the main camera on the Note 11 Pro are decent, particularly in a budget context, but not overly impressive and do leave plenty to be desired. First, the positives - there is a decent amount of detail in these shots and colors look true to life, even if not overly exciting.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 16MP main camera samples
Probably the biggest shortcoming is the general softness present throughout the frame, particularly in areas with vegetation. The corners of the frame seem to suffer the most, which could hint at inferior optics.
All of these shots were captured with Auto HDR enabled. We did, however, notice that while HDR is clearly doing some stacking, even if subtle, it also often caused the Infinix Note 11 Pro to expose shots slightly higher. Probably due to a software bug, since efforts to correct that through spot exposure metering oftentimes refused to work. As a consequence, we noticed that certain highlights in some shots looked better with HDR turned off. Not always, though. Hopefully, this gets patched out in the future.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 16MP main camera samples, HDR off
The main 64MP Quad Bayer camera is meant to capture 16MP stills by default. You can, however, switch it over to 64MP mode, which can have certain drawbacks. On the Infinix Note 11 Pro, however, 64MP shots look very good, with a noticeable increase in detail compared to 16MP ones.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 64MP main camera samples
Better still, 64MP shots tend to look a lot sharper, likely due to less heavy-handed processing, which seems to be the bit holding back regular stills in the first place. The Infinix Note 11 Pro isn't even slow at capturing 64MP still. Honestly, if you can deal with the notably bigger file sizes, 64MP mode seems to be the way to go.
On to the 13MP telephoto cam, we get noticeably different photos. Overall, in good lighting conditions, shots come out looking surprisingly good, considering the available hardware.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 13MP telephoto camera samples
These shots look darker than 16MP full-auto stills from the main camera. The telephoto doesn't appear to be affected by the exposure issues. Colors are a bit more saturated on the telephoto too. This will definitely be a subjective point, but we tend to like them a bit better. The dynamic range is a bit limited, but that is to be expected.
The obvious question, however, is, do you even need a dedicated 2x telephoto camera? You already have a 64MP main cam, with plenty of resolution for you to zoom in and crop. Are the results comparable? Well, you can get most of the way there. The telephoto does still have the detail advantage in most cases, but in rougher conditions, where it starts to get held back by its dynamic range, it is conceivable to get better 2x shots from the regular cam.
The Note 11 Pro can zoom beyond 2x all the way up to 30x and all through the telephoto. It's all digital zoom, and quality degrades quickly. Still, depending on your goal, these shots can be useful even if they are quite soft.
Infinix Note 11 Pro 13MP telephoto camera zoom samples: 10x • 30x • 10x • 30x • 10x • 30x
The telephoto cam can sometimes come in handy with portraits too since the Infinix Note 11 Pro lets you choose between it and the main cam in this mode. Once again, we kind of prefer the color rendition on the telephoto, but autofocus can sometimes misbehave and lead to blurry subjects.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 13MP telephoto camera portrait samples
Subject separation is pretty good, and the background bokeh looks decently convincing.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 16MP main camera portrait samples
Before we move on, here are our standardized test shots from the Infinix Note 11 Pro. We made sure to capture at both 16MP and 64MP. For the sake of even more thoroughness, we did the same for the older Infinix Note 10 Pro, as well, and those photos are also present in the database for your pixel-peeping pleasure.
Infinix Note 11 Pro against the Infinix Note 10 Pro and the Realme 8 in our Photo compare tool
64MP: Infinix Note 11 Pro against the Infinix Note 10 Pro and the Realme 8 in our Photo compare tool
16MP selfies from the Note 11 Pro look solid overall. Details are on point and so are colors. We did notice that the left side of the frame was consistently softer in selfies than the opposite one, which again could indicate some lens imperfections.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 16MP selfie camera samples
Other than that, you just have to make sure your face is within the fairly narrow focus plain, and you are good. Thankfully, the focus point indicators show up for the selfie camera as well, making it less of a guessing game. We don't know why more manufacturers don't include this feature.
Photo quality - low-light
Low light photos from the main camera are decent, but decidedly soft, particularly in the shadows. It seems that the noise suppression algorithm is applying some heavy-handed processing, essentially smearing everything in its path. That aside, dynamic range isn't actually too bad.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 16MP main camera low-light samples
Just like in daylight, you can just opt to shoot in 64MP mode and alleviate most of these issues while also getting noticeably more detail. All of the noise previously tackled by software is left behind in this case, which can get too much at times. But, we would argue that even in this state, 64MP shots look better than full-auto regular ones.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 64MP main camera low-light samples
The telephoto camera captures pretty dark and noisy low-light shots. Still usable but dark and with a limited dynamic range. Colors look vibrant, just like in daylight stills, though.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 13MP telephoto camera low-light samples
Since Infinix is so keen on advertising its telephoto and 30x zoom for the Note 11 Pro, we felt compelled to include some low-light zoom shots from the telephoto as well. These are a blurry mess and more of an artistic rendition of what should be in the frame than anything else.
Infinix Note 11 Pro 13MP telephoto camera low-light samples: 10x • 30x • 10x • 30x • 10x • 30x
So, Super Night mode to the rescue then? Well, it is a bit of a mixed bag on the Note 11 Pro. The good news is that it works consistently great on the main camera. Capture and processing do take a good few seconds, but the end result is worth it, with noticeably better detail and sharpness, boosted shadows and contained highlights and overall, a much better and more balanced light reproduction throughout the scene.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 16MP main camera Super Night mode samples
Unfortunately, Super Night mode on the telephoto camera has plenty of issues. On occasion, it doesn't work at all and just captures a regular shot. That is probably your best-case scenario since when it does work, it oftentimes plasters a clear blue hue on top of the photo, essentially ruining it. On very rare occasions, it can kick in properly and offer some improvements, but it's simply not worth the gamble.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 13MP telephoto camera Super Night mode samples
This has all the signs of a nasty software bug, which hopefully gets patched out soon.
Last but not least, low-light selfies are surprisingly solid, particularly for a budget phone. Colors look great, and there is plenty of detail and a perfectly acceptable amount of noise. There is even some texture on the skin left behind by the smoothing process, which is great to see. Again, keep in mind this is a budget device.
Infinix Note 11 Pro: 16MP selfie camera low-light samples
No night mode for the selfie cam, though.
Video recording
In what is arguably one of the bigger disappointments on the Infinix Note 11 Pro, video recording is limited to 2560x1440 (1440p) on the main camera. We really can't see a good reason why that is the case either since, from what we can gather, both the main camera sensor and the Helio G96 chipset should be capable of 4K@30fps capture. And before you ask, yes, we did try Open Camera with no success.
What you still get from these videos is a pretty solid 50 Mbps bitrate at right around 30fps in a standard h.264 AVC video stream and a 2 channel 48 kHz AAC stream within an MP4 container. We found to HEVC option in the camera app, though.
1440p videos from the main cam offer a solid level of detail for the resolution and natural-looking colors. There is practically no noise either. Dynamic range is a bit limited, and the Infinix Note 11 Pro has a tendency to overexpose. Other than that, it's a solid performance.
The telephoto camera is limited to 1080p video capture. It does so at around 20 Mbps, with all of the other formats and container attributes identical to the main cam.
Just like with stills, these videos have a dramatically different look than the main camera ones. Colors are much more saturated and vibrant, which you may or may not prefer. There is noticeable sharpening applied to the frame as well. A bit on the aggressive side. Overall decent, but not overly impressive.
The 16MP selfie camera can capture videos at up to 1440p as well. These clips have stellar detail and great color rendition. The relative softness of the left side of the frame is still visible here, just like it was with selfie photos.
Electronic video stabilization is available for all three video-capable cameras on the Infinix Note 11 Pro. Aside from some notable focus hunting on the main camera, stabilization works quite well across all cameras. There is still some vertical shake left over, as introduced by things like walking, but smaller camera shakes, particularly horizontal ones are cleared-up. You can check all of the EIS samples in the playlist below.
Low-light videos from the main camera look very good, especially for a budget phone. There is plenty of detail, and noise isn't much of a problem. The 2x telephoto struggles quite a bit more, but its 1080p clips are still usable non the less.
Finally, we shot our standard poster videos with the Infinix Note 11 Pro as well. Since its max resolution is 1440p, we are also including 1080p samples for easier comparison with other phones. We also made sure to do the same for the older Infinix Note 10 Pro. Though for that one, we shot at 4K and 1080p.
Infinix Note 11 Pro against the Infinix Note 10 Pro and the Realme 8 in our Video compare tool
1080p: Infinix Note 11 Pro against the Infinix Note 10 Pro and the Realme 8i in our Video compare tool
The competition
Infinix is kind of a regional brand for the time being. That's part of the reason why we haven't been covering too many of its models. From what we managed to dig up, the Infinix Note 11 Pro is still not on sale but is expected to hit shelves by the end of this year. As far as pricing goes, we found a few India pre-orders for around INR 18,000 or just over EUR 200. That's just a bit more than what the Infinix Note 10 Pro is currently going for but still falls well within budget phone territory.
Left: Infinix Note 10 Pro • Right: Infinix Note 11 Pro
There are indeed competitors to consider in this price bracket. Xiaomi has quite a few. Under the Redmi brand, the Redmi Note 10 sticks out as a great option. Some of its highlights include a Super AMOLED display, though a 60Hz one, IP53 dust and splash resistance, stereo speakers, a big 5,000 mAh battery with 33W charging, a quad-camera setup, with an ultrawide and a 48MP main cam with 4K video capture. Not a bad deal for just over EUR 200.
Then there is the value-driver Poco lineup, which manages to go as far as to offer 5G connectivity within this shoestring budget in the Poco M3 Pro 5G. To be fair, it's not the only device to do so, but certainly one of the better options. We would be remiss not to mention the Poco X3 Pro, though. If you are after the best possible performance on a budget, it is still sort of an anomaly with its Snapdragon 860 chipset. Plus, you also get a fast 120Hz IPS display, IP53, stereo speakers and a 5,160 mAh battery with 33W charging, much like the Redmi Note 10 we mentioned.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 • Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro • Realme 8 • Samsung Galaxy A22
Realme is another major player in the budget game. Its devices tend to consistently trade blows with Xiaomi's, and in this case, the Realme 8 is a really viable contender. It has a Super AMOLED, HDR10 display, a 5,000 mAh battery with 30W charging and a quad-camera setup with a 4K capable 64MP snapper at the helm. Among other things, of course. Just like with Xiaomi, you could also sacrifice some of the finer hardware aspects of the Realme 8 in favor of 5G connectivity and get the Realme 8s 5G instead.
Last but not least, Samsung has really been making a hard push in the budget space lately. And while the Korean giant's models do still tend to command slightly higher price points, particularly for nicer features like Samsung's excellent AMOLED panels, there are exceptions, like the Galaxy A22 5G - the proverbial runt of Samsung's particularly strong Galaxy A lineup that still gets all the benefits of ONE UI that the brands fans seek out. Also, a 90Hz Super AMOLED panel, large 5,000 mAh battery and a quad-camera setup with a 48MP main camera, with OIS. And just like with Xiaomi and Redmi, you can downgrade some of its specs and go for 5G connectivity with the Galaxy A22 5G as well.
The verdict
The Infinix Note 11 Pro is nothing short of an intriguing budget device. In a rather strange development, it seems that any particular aspect of it we examined has a mix of surprisingly good aspects, as well as baffling or outright disappointing bits.
The display is huge, has surprisingly fast pixel response times and handles its 120Hz refresh rate quite well, especially compared to other budget phones. On the flip side, Widevine L3 limits you to 480p streaming, and the panel has horrible color accuracy and zero options to correct it. All the while, Infinix included an in-depth DTS Sound equalizer platform for the surprisingly competent hybrid stereo speaker on the Note 11 Pro. And in fact, in most aspects, XOS 10 packs really ambitious features. Then again, it is so disorganized and chaotic that it is almost guaranteed to overwhelm users.
The MediaTek Helio G96 chip holds up well with most tasks. Still, despite what its name suggests, its GPU setup is actually a notable downgrade compared to the popular older Helio G95. That's more on MediaTek, though, since Infinix is making the most out of the available power nicely. However, the sort of baffling decision to go for a dedicated 2x telephoto camera instead of the traditional ultrawide is entirely on them. We guess that 30x zoom makes for good marketing, but the budget telephoto is just not up to the task at higher zoom levels. Plus, Infinix has at least a couple of annoying software bugs to address within its camera experience, which does otherwise show promise, both in terms of quality and features.
As we said, the Infinix Note 11 Pro is full of conflicting aspects every way you look. This makes it a hard wholehearted recommendation. Perhaps if the price is right and you get a great deal, it's an okay purchase. Otherwise, you might want to look into one of the Xiaomi, Realme or Samsung models we mentioned.
Pros
- Solid and strong plastic body, with nice finish and in-hand feel.
- Surprisingly good hybrid stereo speaker setup with DTS Sound optimization.
- The display is large, with decent brightness, pretty good 120Hz handling and good pixel response times.
- Great battery life.
- XOS 10 is chock-full of options, features and customization and runs well, but is a bit chaotic.
- The Mediatek Helio G96 offers solid all-round performance, though its GPU is weaker than what the model number suggests.
- The main camera takes decent photos day and night. Camera app is feature rich.
- Decent video stabilization.
- FM radio, 3.5mm jack, dedicated microSD slot.
Cons
- No ingress protection. Probably no glass finish on the display, but you get a glass protector in the box.
- Disappointing color accuracy and issues with auto brightness. Widevine L3 limits you to 480p streaming.
- Charging is slower than what its 33W rating might suggest.
- Consistency across the main and telephoto is poor. The camera experience suffers from some software issues, notably HDR and Super Night mode.
- No 4K video recording.
- No NFC.
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