Now say hello to the Infinix GT 10 Pro, the first dedicated gaming phone from the company. It has had powerful devices in the past, but there’s more to it than just a fast chipset.
But it does start with the chipset – a
MediaTek Dimensity 8050 in this case. This 6nm (TSMC) chip has a 4+4 Cortex-A78
and A55 setup with the top A78 core running at 3.0GHz. Next to that is the
Mali-G77 with 9 cores. All of this hooks up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of
UFS 3.1 storage. There is a microSD slot card on board, so you can add up to
1TB of extra storage. And while you probably don’t want to be running games off
the microSD, you could store a lot of multimedia on it – music, videos of your
game play and so on. And you can enable 8 extra gigs of virtual RAM too.
The other key component for mobile gaming
is the display – the GT comes with a 6.67” AMOLED with 1,080 x 2,400px
resolution (20:9). It can run at 120, 90 and 60Hz and features 360Hz touch
sampling when tracking 2 fingers. This is a 10-bit panel with slim bezels and
900 nits peak brightness. It uses 1,920Hz high frequency PWM dimming. There is
a fingerprint reader built into the display, along with a physical proximity
sensor and light sensor.
The phone is powered by a 5,000mAh battery
and also supports bypass charging – i.e. using a USB Power Delivery 3.0 charger
to power the device directly, going around the battery. This reduces heat
during gaming and also prolongs the battery’s life. For charging, the phone
supports up to 45W with PD chargers. The audio system features stereo speakers
and a 3.5mm headphone jack. This is crucial for gaming since even the best
wireless headsets can’t match the latency of a simple copper wire. There is a
4D vibration engine on board to back up the audio with haptic feedback.
The Infinix GT 10 Pro is available in
Cyber Black and Mirage Silver. The design has a cyberpunk theme to it and there
is a customizable mini-LED light (nothing says “gaming” like RGB lights).
Included in the box is a case that protects the phone and makes it grippier. The
two colorways are enhanced by the LED lighting and a color-changing panelThe
two colorways are enhanced by the LED lighting and a color-changing panel
Not related to the gaming aspect much is
the camera – there is a 108MP module on the rear with an f/1.75 aperture and
1/1.67” sensor (and two 2MP helpers), plus a 32MP camera on the front. The rear
cam gets four LEDs as a flashlight, the front one has two LEDs. The rear camera
supports 4K video recording at 30fps, while the front tops out at 2K@30fps. The
phone runs Android 13 in the form of Pure XOS 13. The “pure” part is because
Infinix promises a reduced number of pre-installed apps and no ads.
Before we talk about pricing and
availability, we want to take a moment to appreciate the box of the GT 10 Pro.
Infinix designed the cardboard box so that it can morph into a passive sound
amplifier/charging holder. That’s a clever way to reuse the box and adds to the
phone fun character. The Infinix GT 10 Pro will be available soon at a price of US$ 240-250 (it will vary a bit by region).
