Infinix Zero Flip Review: Affordable Flex

The world of foldable telephones was as soon as reserved for these keen to spend a major quantity, however that is now not the case. Final yr, Motorola and Tecno had been among the many first to introduce inexpensive clamshell foldable telephones in India, and this yr, Infinix has joined the fray. In October, Infinix launched its first foldable telephone within the nation – the Zero Flip. The telephone is priced at Rs. 49,999 and provides standout options resembling a big cowl display, the most important battery within the phase, and extra.

However does the value and the big cowl display make the Zero Flip a robust contender within the inexpensive foldable flip telephone market, particularly towards Motorola’s choices? Does it stack up by way of options? How does it carry out in on a regular basis use? I spent the previous couple of weeks on the telephone to seek out out, and this is my take.

Infinix Zero Flip Design: Premium

• Dimensions (Unfolded) – 170.4 x 73.4 x 7.6 mm
• Dimensions (Folded) – 87.5 x 73.4 x 16 mm
• Weight – 195g
• Colors – Blossom Glow, Rock Black

Regardless of its inexpensive price ticket (for a clamshell foldable), the Infinix Zero Flip is well-designed. It is acquired flat sides, rounded corners, and curved edges. The underside rear panel is created from glass and incorporates a distinct texture on each color choices.

The telephone is offered in two color choices, and we acquired the Black Rock variant

 

We acquired the Black Rock variant, which incorporates a sand-like end, proof against fingerprints and smudges. The again panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 7. The telephone feels stable in hand, each when folded and unfolded, and provides off a premium look.

The underside rear panel has a matte end

 

When folded, you will discover that the hinge cowl has a sample with the Infinix brand. The hinge appears sturdy and is rated to final 4,00,000 folds. Nevertheless, the telephone does not include any IP ranking, so I might advocate not utilizing the telephone within the rain. It is also not potential to open the telephone with one hand as the perimeters are flat. The hinge has a hover vary of 30 to 150 levels, and you should use it at any angle, as there is no such thing as a spring mechanism to drive the telephone to open or shut.

The hinge is claimed to have survived 400,000 folds

 

The amount and energy buttons are positioned on the highest proper body, with the facility button doubling as a fingerprint scanner. The scanner labored nicely in the course of the evaluation, with solely a few failed makes an attempt to register my finger.

The Zero Flip has no seen hole when folded

 

The underside homes the USB Sort-C port, a loudspeaker, a SIM tray slot, and a microphone. You will discover one other microphone on the prime.

The SIM card tray has a rubber gasket, however the telephone has no IP ranking

 

When open, the internal show has decently sized bezels throughout. You additionally get a slit flash for selfies on the highest subsequent to the earpiece.

The internal display protector loves smudges and dirt

 

The show crease is just like what we have seen on the Motorola Razr 50 lineup and the Galaxy Z Flip 6.

Infinix Zero Flip Show: Versatile inside, Massive exterior

• Essential show – 6.9-inch versatile LTPO OLED, 120Hz, full-HD+ decision
• Cowl show – 3.64-inch AMOLED, 120Hz, 1056 x 1066 pixels decision
• Safety – Gorilla Glass Victus 2 (Cowl display)

Each panels on the Infinix Zero Flip are fairly good by way of specs. The quilt display is without doubt one of the largest amongst flip telephones on this value bracket. The three.64-inch AMOLED panel on the skin provides 1,100 nits of peak brightness, which is loads for indoor use, and is considerably readable below vivid daylight.

The quilt display is not tremendous eligible below direct daylight

 

The display will get an always-on show and is protected with Gorilla Glass Victus 2. In my few weeks with the telephone, the outer display managed to maintain scratches away. You aren’t getting quite a lot of customisation choices for the duvet display. You’ll be able to change the wallpapers, place some interactive pets, and entry sure fast settings.

You’ll be able to open and use a number of apps on the Cowl display

 

There is no means so as to add widgets, which is a bummer. The display has cutouts for the twin cameras and LED flash. To learn in regards to the outer display’s usability, head to the Software program part.

Transferring on to the internal versatile display, you get a 6.9-inch LTPO panel that helps as much as 120Hz refresh fee however has 1,400 nits of peak brightness, which is sweet sufficient for indoor and out of doors use. As for refresh fee, you may select between 60, 90, 120, and auto modes. The color output is sweet, and also you get two modes – Vibrant-coloured and Authentic.

The internal display will get loads vivid outdoor

 

The display provides a tall 22:9 side ratio, which signifies that there are going to be thick black bars when streaming 16:9 or 4:3 content material. There is no official HDR ranking, however you get Widevine L1 help, which means you may stream Netflix content material in full HD decision. The display additionally comes with the standard protecting coating, which I discovered to be extra liable to smudging than common.

Infinix Zero Flip Software program: Wants enchancment

• OS – Android 14
• UI – XOS 14.5
• Newest safety patch – October 2024

The telephone is claimed to get two years of Android updates and three years of safety patches, however that solely sounds good on paper because the Zero Flip runs Android 14 out of the field. Meaning you will solely stand up to Android 16. The telephone does not have quite a lot of bloatware, however you will discover a number of pre-installed apps and XOS Household apps because it runs the XOS UI.

The telephone will get 2 years of Android OS replace help

 

Infinix claims that you may run over 100+ apps on the duvet show. Sure, you should use quite a lot of apps on the duvet display. Nevertheless, utilizing the duvet display to look at movies just isn’t one thing you need to do. Utilizing apps like Chrome or WhatsApp can be potential, however typing is cumbersome as you get a tiny keyboard.

You need to keep away from watching movies on the duvet display

 

The apps open vertically and do not cowl the whole display, as the world above the vertically stacked cameras solely exhibits the time and sure notifications.

As that is foldable, you get options that use the flexible type issue. A Flex-Nonetheless mode is enabled when the telephone is folded to a sure angle. On this mode, the highest and backside halves of the show present various things. This works throughout apps like Digital camera, Gallery, and others. Within the Digital camera app, the highest a part of the internal display exhibits the viewfinder, whereas the underside exhibits the controls.

Infinix Zero Flip Efficiency: Is usually a hothead

• CPU – MediaTek Dimensity 8020
• RAM – 8GB LPDDR4X
• Storage – 512GB UFS 3.1

The 6nm Dimensity 8020 SoC contained in the Zero Flip is kind of able to performing common duties and gaming. It isn’t a strong chipset, but it surely runs easily on day-to-day duties, UI animations, and multitasking. In comparison with the Motorola Razr 50, the Dimensity carried out higher in many of the artificial benchmarks that I ran on the telephone.

Benchmark	Infinix Zero Flip	Motorola Razr 50
Geekbench 6 Single	755	902
Geekbench 6 Multi	2534	2,675
AnTuTu v10	805,272	647,833
PCMark Work 3.0	16,412	12,932
3DM Slingshot Excessive OpenGL	Maxed Out	5,037
3DM Slingshot	5,586	5,762
3DM Wild Life	4,370	3,142
3DM Wild Life Limitless	4,324	3,152
GFXBench T-Rex	60	91
GFXBench Manhattan 3.1	59	47
GFXBench Automobile Chase	39	26

I did discover the telephone heating up, particularly across the exterior digicam space, when operating a couple of resource-intensive duties or utilizing the digicam. Working apps on the duvet display additionally makes the gadget scorching, however solely across the cameras, which is kind of unusual.

BGMI ran exceptionally nicely with Very Excessive graphics settings

 

As for gaming, the Zero Flip did a superb job. I performed BGMI and Actual Racing 3 on the telephone with ease. The telephone additionally incorporates a recreation mode, which helps you to increase the efficiency. Whereas the video games ran easily, I did once more discover the telephone getting scorching in the direction of the highest fringe of the duvet display.

The Infinix Zero Flip provides a hybrid stereo speaker setup, with the earpiece performing because the second speaker. The telephone does get fairly loud and offers a little bit of bass as nicely. Nevertheless, I did discover some crackling at max quantity. In the case of microphone and earpiece efficiency, every thing was good.

Infinix Zero Flip Cameras: Respectable

• Essential digicam – 50-megapixel, f/1.9, PDAF, OIS
• Secondary ultrawide – 50-megapixel, f/2.2, PDAF, 115 diploma FoV
• Selfie – 50-megapixel, f/2.5, PDAF

Alright, it is digicam time. The telephone provides a twin digicam setup on the duvet display and a selfie digicam on the internal show. All three sensors supply 50-megapixel decision and autofocus. The first sensor is a Samsung ISOCELL GN5 unit, the ultrawide is a Hynix Hi5022, and the selfie digicam makes use of a Samsung ISOCELL JN1 sensor.

You get twin 50-megapixel cameras on the Zero Flip

 

The digicam app routinely switches to the DV mode whenever you open the hinge to round 90 levels. You may also use the exterior cameras to take selfies. The app is simple to make use of, and all foremost digicam modes can be found upfront. A Vlog mode, a Tremendous Evening mode, and several other others can be found below Extra. You may also simply join your GoPro to the telephone by way of the GoPro Quik app, and there is additionally a toggle within the Digital camera app. You get loads of magnificence results as nicely.

Speaking about image high quality, the primary digicam takes good pictures in daylight situations with loads of particulars, a large dynamic vary, and barely saturated colors. You’ll discover some sharpening within the pictures, although, which is not essentially unhealthy. Even the 2x zoom photographs are respectable in daylight situations however have fewer particulars and are usually softer.

Daylight photograph samples from the 50-megapixel huge digicam (Faucet to Develop)

 

The ultrawide digicam additionally works nicely in daylight situations with good element and sharpness. The colors are barely totally different from the first digicam, however the dynamic vary is sweet.

50-megapixel ultrawide digicam samples (Faucet to broaden)

 

The first digicam holds up nicely in low-light situations, with pictures providing respectable particulars and dynamic vary. Nevertheless, you will discover loads of noise, particularly if capturing indoors. A Tremendous Evening mode can be accessible, however I did not discover any main variations when utilizing this mode other than higher shadows. 2x pictures in low-light aren’t nice and have a muddy look to them.

Low-light pictures from the primary digicam at 1x (Faucet to broaden)

 

The Ultrawide additionally does not carry out nicely in low-light. Its pictures are much less detailed, tender, and noisy.

Transferring on to the selfie digicam, which will get its personal slit flash, does a superb job in daylight situations. Nevertheless, it is simply higher to make use of the outer digicam for selfies, which produces a lot better outcomes.

As for the video efficiency, the Zero Flip can shoot at 4K 30fps from the outer cameras, however the inside selfie can even do 4K 60fps. Nevertheless, neither modes help the stabilisation, which is just accessible in 1080p 30fps. The video output from the primary digicam is kind of good in daylight situations with fairly correct color output and dynamic vary, however you will discover some noise and artefacts across the edges.

Low-light video efficiency of the first digicam can be not unhealthy, however there must be loads of lighting for the video to have good particulars. The ultrawide digicam data barely softer and fewer detailed video, which dips in low-light situations.

Infinix Zero Flip Battery: It is massive

• Capability – 4,720mAh
• Charging pace – 70W
• Charger – 70W included in field

The Infinix Zero Flip comes with a battery that is a lot bigger than that of dearer telephones, such because the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and the Motorola Razr 50. I anticipated the battery to final for much longer than the Razr 50, which, in our evaluation, managed round 25 hours within the HD video loop check. Nevertheless, the Zero Flip solely managed to final about 15h 30m. That is with the refresh fee set to 120Hz and brightness at 50 p.c with Airplane mode enabled.

The telephone comes with a 70W quick charger within the field

 

Outdoors our check, the telephone did handle to final a full day of normal utilization, with about 20 p.c of the battery left on the finish. To prime up the battery, Infinix offers a 70W charger within the field. In my exams, I used to be in a position to cost the telephone from 0 to one hundred pc in about 55 minutes and about 60 p.c in 30 minutes.

Infinix Zero Flip Verdict

The decision is easy. You’ll be able to’t purchase a greater flip telephone at this value that provides the identical quantity of options. The Infinix Zero Flip offers a big, largely usable cowl display, good cameras, a big battery that simply lasts a day, and respectable efficiency. In the event you do not thoughts the trade-offs, the Zero Flip is an inexpensive flex.

The closest competitor is the Motorola Razr 50 (Overview), which is barely dearer, has a smaller battery, a much less highly effective chipset, and related digicam efficiency. Then there’s the newly launched Tecno Phantom V Flip 2, which is cheaper however comes with a bunch of downgrades. I want to additionally embrace the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 (Overview), which provides higher efficiency, an IP ranking, and higher {hardware}, however at nearly twice the value.