Tuesday 5 April 2016

Infinix Hot 3 x554 Launches - The Price Tho'

The Infinix Hot 3 official launched in the Nigerian market yesterday April 4th 2016. The Infinix Hot 3 is meant to be an upgrade to the Infinix Hot 2(Africa's Android One). The Infinix Hot 3 launched in Kenya and Indonesia last month but it just hit the Nigerian market yesterday.

Last month, I share some images of the Infinix Hot 3 then I went on to share the unconfirmed specs of the Infinix Hot 3. However now that the Infinix Hot 3 has been officially launched, I now have confirmed specs and images which I'll be sharing with you today.

Full Specs Of The Infinix Hot 3

General

Device Type - Smartphone
Model - Infinix Hot 3 X554
Announced - March 2016
Status - Available.
Released - March 2016

Design

Type - Bar
Protection - Plastic Design
Colors - White, Gold, Gray

Network

2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network - HSDPA 900 /1900/ 2100
4G Network - No
Sim - Micro SIM
Dual Sim - Yes

Display

Display Type - IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size - 5.5 inch
Resolution - 1280 x 720 pixels
Display Colors - 16M
Multi-touch - Yes

Media

Audio Playback - AAC, AMR, MP2, MP3, M4A, MKA
Video Playback - MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player
FM Radio - Yes
Alert Types - Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker - Yes
Hands free - 3.5mm

Camera

Primary - 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash
Image - 3840 x 2160 pixels
VIDEO - Yes
Flash - LED Flash
Secondary - 2MP with Soft Flash
Software

Operating System
Android v5.1, Lollipop
User Interface - XUI
Java Support - No
Facebook - Yes
YouTube Yes

Hardware

Chipset - MediaTek MT6580
CPU - 64-bit Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
GPS - Mali400-MP2
RAM (Memory) - 1 GB / 2 GB
Internal Storage - 16 GB
Card Slot - microSD, up to 32 GB
Sensors - Accelerometer, Proximity and Ambient light

Connectivity

Bluetooth - Bluetooth 4.1
Infrared - No
Wi-Fi - Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot - Yes
USB - microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS - Yes
NCC - No
HDMI - No
Wireless Charging - No

Messaging

SMS - Yes (threaded view)
MMS - Yes
Email - Yes
IM - Yes

Miscellaneous

Battery Type - Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
Capacity - 3,000 mAh
Placement - Removable

Price - Now this is the sketchy part. Four days ago, a reader on Techsng.com by the name Elly announced that the Infinix Hot 3 launched in Kenya on 29th March and it cost $75.

Now converting $75 to Naira via Google Now, $75 converted to N14,973.00 which is approximately N15,000 but in Nigeria the Infinix Hot 3 has a price tag of About ₦26,500, do I need to say more??