Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: A Show-Stopping Flagship Worthy Of Global Attention

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Infinix has been around for a few years, and this is only my second time using an Infinix device, with the first one having been its gaming-focused phone the Infinix GT 50 Pro. One major difference between these two devices is that the Note 60 Ultra is a flagship-tier device, whereas the GT 50 Pro really wasn’t. That comes through in several ways, from better performance to the luxury feel and presentation of the phone, its packaging, and its accessories.

Then of course, there’s the Note 60 Ultra’s better specs, like the 200MP main camera which produces noticeably better photos. While the phone isn’t officially available here in the US, that doesn’t really stop it from being a high-quality device with some neat features and a pretty intriguing design that’s as eye-catching as you’d expect from something that comes in the box that this phone does. From the box to the super car-inspired MagCharge base to the “tail light LED” on the back that illuminates when you power it on, Infinix has intended for this phone to be a feast for the eyes.

But, as cool as these details are, is the phone worth your money? Well that depends on first, where you live. As US consumers won’t be able to really buy this phone through official channels, and it likely doesn’t support US networks.

That being said, let’s dive deeper into this review and see if it’s worthy of your time. Infinix Note 60 Ultra Rating $899.99 Infinix has pulled out all the stops for the Note 60 Ultra to enter into the ultra-premium, flagship-tier smartphone market. Infinix may be a relatively unknown brand in larger markets like the US, and perhaps the wider world, but this phone proves that Infinix has the chops to deliver something that is loaded with premium features, top-level performance, and a design that is nothing if not show-stopping.

Pros & Cons Pros Super fast 100W wired charging + 50W wireless charging Excellent gaming performance The 200MP main camera takes some great quality photos Cool software/hardware features like a one-tap action button Pretty decent battery life Very fast fingerprint sensor Fast refresh rate on the display (up to 144Hz ) Cons Can’t buy it in the US The 100W power adapter that comes in the box isn’t compatible with US outlets A lot of extra software bloat (The UI won’t be as well-liked by Android UI purists) Disclaimer Infinix sent out the Note 60 Ultra for us to review.

We’ve spent the past few weeks with it to see how it stacks up. This is not a sponsored review, and Infinix did not see this review before it was published. Infinix Note 60 Ultra Specs Infinix Note 60 Ultra Specs Dimensions 162.37mm x 77.17mm x 7.90mm Weight 220g Processor MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate Operating System XOS 16 powered by Android 16 RAM 12GB Storage 256GB, 512GB Main Camera 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HPE, OIS, 1/1.4′′, f/1.69, 50MP Periscope Samsung ISOCELL JN5, OIS, 1/2.76′′, f/2.88, 8MP Ultra-Wide Angle, f/2.2, FOV 112° Front Camera 32MP, f/2.2, 88.9 FOV Sensors Fingerprint Sensor, G-Sensor, E-Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Infrared Blaster, Health Monitor Battery 7,000mAh Charging Speed 100W wired, 50W wireless Colors Torino Black, Manza Red, Roma Silver,

Amalfi Blue Price $899.99 View Device Specs Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: Design and Build Quality If there was only one area where the Infinix Note 60 Ultra would excel, it would be the design and build quality. From a build quality perspective, the Note 60 Ultra really does feel like a very premium device.

It’s solidly made and and it’s comfortable to hold even for a few hours at a time. Whether you’re spending those hours scrolling through social media or playing your favorite games, this device definitely won’t make your hands feel uncomfortable. I found myself playing games for a few hours and even after that longer period of time I didn’t feel like I absolutely needed to put the phone down.

If I have one gripe about the design and the build quality, it’s the rather large camera bump. I like tat it goes across the entire width of the phone. Because this means that it doesn’t rock if you lay your phone face up on your desk.

However, the rather gargantuan camera bump sits right under your fingers if you’re holding the phone in landscape mode for playing games. To top it off, it’s made from glass. And that means fingerprints and smudges, which I loathe.

So, it’ll require a little more wiping down. Other than that, however, I really have no complaints. A flashy design from top to bottom that turns heads Infinix set out to deliver a premium feeling with this device from top to bottom, and I think it accomplished that goal.

From the very start you’re met with a rather very extra unboxing experience. And this is why I say it’s extra, because the premium feel starts with the phone unboxing. The Infinix Note 60 Ultra comes in a cube-shaped package with a leather or more likely faux leather handle on top to pull the box top off off the rest of the packaging.

This top is also locked down with a latch on either side. So you have to unlatch these to even open the package. It all just felt like an attempt at a very chic experience that you won’t get with other devices.

Once you pull the box top off, you’re greeted with loads of additional stuff beyond the phone itself, including a MagCharge base shaped like a super car with the Kevlar-patterned MagPad, a MagCharge-compatible case, the 100W power adapter and a compatible USB-C cable. The phone and its accessories were co-designed by Italian Automobile design firm Pininfarina, and it shows. This really comes through in the MagCharge base that’s actually shaped like a super car, but you’ll find these elements on the phone itself as well.

The back is covered in a kevlar pattern and there’s an LED light strip that flows across the bottom width of the camera module, which looks and acts like a tail light strip when you power on the device. The phone even makes the sound of a car engine revving at the same time as the light strip powering on. It’s all very over the top but still very cool.

It’s flashy, certainly unnecessary, but enjoyable all the same, especially if you really love super cars and are a big automobile enthusiast. Overall this is a well-designed phone that’s built to feel and function as a top-quality device. Honestly, it’s kind of a far cry from the GT 50 Pro.

Not that that was a bad-feeling device by any means, but the Note 60 Ultra is just such a huge step above it. Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: Display I wouldn’t necessarily say that the display is something special but it’s under no circumstances a mediocre display. Even with resolution of only 1.5K and a pretty big size of 6.78 inches, visuals looked clean and crisp no matter how long I stared at it.

It also gets pretty bright and I never really noticed any issues with being able to see what was on the display despite the very bright environment I’m now being subjected to on a daily basis outside. What’s more pleasing with the display is that it’s slightly better than 1080p and it has a refresh rate that can go up to 144Hz, which is a huge benefit for mobile games and even everyday general browsing and scrolling. All animations and any type of movement look and feel more fluid because of the higher refresh rate, and it of course helps with games too.

Though, admittedly I don’t play many mobile games that actually support refresh rates this high. So I was getting more use out of it for regular tasks and usage than out of games. But it’s still nice to have for those times when I did play games that were capable of running at those refresh rates.

When it comes to brightness, the display gets up to 1,600 nits in High Brightness Mode which is what you will probably end up with most often, but it does support a peak brightness of up to a whopping 4,500 nits. In other words, you likely won’t ever have trouble seeing what’s on-screen. A very fast fingerprint sensor The fingerprint sensor, while not really part of the display itself, is sort of part of the display experience, since it’s an under-display fingerprint sensor and you have to interact with it through touching the display.

This is always one of the things I look at. How fast is the fingerprint sensor. I’m happy to report that it is pretty darn fast on this device.

In less than a second after touching the sensor the screen is unlocked and I;m on the homescreen. Which is remarkable. Then again, it’s worth remembering that this is a phone that costs the equivalent of about $900, so the fingerprint sensor better be fast with a price tag like that.

And here, it is. I don’t think it’s the absolute fastest, but when it’s unlocking the display as quick as it is here it doesn’t even really matter anymore. Because it’s basically faster than you’re blinking.

Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: Performance When it comes to performance Infinix isn’t the name I would generally think of for top-performing devices, but I’m happy to be proven wrong in this case. The Note 60 Ultra is every bit as capable of performing at incredibly high levels as some of the other flagships that are available these days. It doesn’t quite punch above phones like the Galaxy S26 Ultra or iPhone 17 Pro Max, or the OnePlus 15 or the Oppo Find N6.

All of those devices come with the most high performance chipsets available, which are Apple’s latest chips for phones and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The Note 60 Ultra isn’t running with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, but it is running with the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate, which is a very capable chipset that helps this device eat through any demanding tasks or activities. For me this was most noticeable with games like Genshin Impact, as this is typically a very demanding game and it was able to run very well with the highest visuals available and a steady 60 frames per second.

It also had great everyday performance for regular tasks, so across the board it wasn’t a disappointment on this front at all. In fact, it was a noticeable difference between it and the last Infinix phone I tried, which is why I was expecting performance to be worse than it was. And that’s great.

Again, though, we are dealing with what is essentially a flagship phone here, with a flagship price. So this is going to be more or less expected by consumers. Thankfully, Infinix has delivered.

Benchmarks In addition to how performance feels in everyday use, we like to put the phones we review through benchmarks to show how it performs on paper. For this we run the device through Geekbench 6, 3DMark’s Wildlife Extreme Stress Test, and AnTuTu 3D Bench. We’ve compiled the scores of this device along with some other recent flagships so you can see how it stacks up against other similar options.

Device Geekbench Single-Core Geekbench Multi-Core Geekbench GPU Infinix Note 60 Ultra 1,420 6,433 12,120 Google Pixel 10 Pro 1,708 4,441 2,839 Xiaomi 17T 1,716 6,721 11,722 As you can see, pretty respectable scores in the Geekbench 6 test. Next let’s look at how it performed in 3DMark’s Wildlife Extreme Stress Test, as this is a test that really tries to stress the device’s resources to see how it would do in demanding environments like with extremely high-end games. Best Loop: 4,084 Lowest Loop: 6,433 Stability: 75.2% Finally we have the scores for the AnTuTu 3D Bench test which tests both the CPU and GPU capabilities of the phone.

You can see those scores in the table below. Device AnTuTu Score Infinix Note 60 Ultra 1,925,132 Google Pixel 10 Pro 1,415,002 Xiaomi 17T N/A While the Xiaomi 17T wasn’t tested, the score for the Infinix Note 60 Ultra wasn’t too bad. And in real-world performance, the phone actually performs a lot better than the score lets on.

Again this won’t beat out devices like the Galaxy S26 or its variants, but this device is certainly no slouch. Thermals The thermals might not seem like a big thing to worry about but if you’re constantly using your phone, then the last thing you want is for that phone to get exceedingly warm or hot in your hands. That’s why we like to test the thermals of the devices we review in addition to testing out performance in benchmark tests.

We do this by checking a few different things. For starters, we check the temperature after at least an hour of playing a game like Genshin Impact with the highest available graphics settings. We also check the temperature after 10 minutes of 4K60 video recording (or the highest available video recording option), and after the 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Stress Test.

You can check out the thermals for those three areas in the table below. Device Thermal Genshin Impact Thermal 3DMark Thermal 4K Video Infinix Note 60 Ultra 112.6 114 97.7 Google Pixel 10 Pro 105.8 109 98.7 Xiaomi 17T 98.5 N/A 110.1 Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: Battery Life and Charging The Note 60 Ultra has an absolutely massive 7,000mAh battery inside and that is way above what most people are used to seeing inside their phones. Of course, with a battery that large comes the double-edged sword of potentially slower charging speeds.

This only comes into play, however, if you don’t have the proper charger to take advantage of the battery’s faster charging speed support, which unfortunately is the situation I was in. I want to start this section by saying that the phone supports up to 100W wired charging. The phone is even packaged with a 100W charging power adapter.

Unfortunately, since this phone isn’t sold in the US it does not come with a US plug. So I was not able to use this charger. Instead I plugged it in with my 67W Pixel wall adapter and that didn’t exactly live up to the charging speed claims that Infinix lists for the 100W charging, which is about 48 minutes to get to 100% from 0%.

That’s wicked fast considering how big the battery capacity is. For me, it took much longer than that. So it’s worth investing in a charger that can go up to 100W if you want this phone to charge fast.

That’s also assuming that you don’t live in a country that support the in-box plug. You could also opt for just picking up a wall adapter that allows you to use in the in-box plug with your outlet, as long as that adapter that fits over the plug also supports 100W charging. So, there are options.

The phone also supports 50W wireless charging which is incredibly fast in its own right. So there’s that option as well, and this allows you to use the very unique and cool-looking wireless charging setup that comes with this phone. For my testing, we open up YouTube and bring up a 24-hour 4K fireplace video and let the video stream on the phone until the battery gets to 1%.

For me this took about 17 hours, 11 minutes, and 24 seconds. Not bad at all, but lower than I would have expected for a phone with a 7,000mAh battery. It is worth noting that I had brightness up to maximum, so you’re likely to get more time out of a single charge than me if you’re lowering that brightness a bit.

In terms of charging speeds, it took my 67W charger about 2 hours, 15 minutes, and 47 seconds to fully charge this device to 100% from 1%. Not great. But as I said, using a proper wall adapter is going to be key to getting those lightning-fast charging speeds.

Don’t overlook this. Because having a 7,000mAh battery in a phone that can last for more than 17 hours and charge completely in 48 minutes is huge. Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: Software There are lots of little software quirks here that I was quite pleased with on the Infinix Note 60 Ultra that I have either not seen on any other device I’ve personally used or it was just implemented better.

I want to start with the gaming-centric features since this is where I feel like the software kind of stands out more, at least for my personal uses. When you launch a game on this device, the Game Assist panel launches, and this is accessible from a small button on the left edge of the display that you can swipe inward toward the center of the display to open the panel fully. In here you’ll find a ton of stuff.

Such as changing between performance profiles like power saving or Performance, and dedicated buttons for a screenshot and even turning off notifications. What really caught my attention though was the options for the Gameplay Add-ons. In here you’ll find an option called the AI Magic Box, and there are toggles in here for auto pickup and unfreeze, among a few other options, such as a running lock, which is quite nice in open-world games like Genshin.

There’s even an option to accelerate the dialogue if you prefer to skip it in these kinds of games. There’s a toggle for 4D haptic feedback as well. This was really, really cool in my opinion as it activates whenever you use certain skills in games.

Right now it looks like it might only work with Genshin Impact, but that was perfect for my testing purposes since that’s what I was playing. I imagine that this will be much cooler if and when support expands for other game titles. Outside of gaming, you have a bunch of Infinix AI features like translation assistant, the Folax Voice AI assistant, and a handful of others.

The UI also offers these really cool Depth Effect wallpaper options that makes it seem like the homescreen icons are hiding behind certain elements in the wallpaper. For example, some icons are slightly hidden behind the mountain in the wallpaper I had applied. I thought this was a pretty cool visual touch, but I can also see how this would be annoying for some as it can obstruct the text of that icon.

Additionally, the software allows for some customization with the LED light strip on the back that is meant to evoke the visuals of a super car tail light. You might also miss it if you weren’t to pay close enough attention, but there’s a hidden Matrix display below that camera module glass, just to the right. And this can be used for everything from displaying the time to playing these sorts of mini games when you might find yourself a little bored, but only a few minutes to kill.

Overall the software experience was very smooth and the UI didn’t seems to have any hitches or snags when rapid scrolling or swapping between apps. So the software gets a thumbs up from me. Aside from a few things like the lack of a Google Discover feed, and just the general bloated feeling due to all the stuff that’s installed at initial power-up.

Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: Camera Without beating around the bush, this phone has a surprisingly good camera that I didn’t think I was going to like. I do really love to portrait mode for photos a lot, and I feel like the camera didn’t perform as well in this particular area as something like my Google Pixel 10 Pro. However, the regular camera mode, which Infinix is just calling ‘AI Cam,’ works great and pictures came out looking considerably more clear than I was expecting.

The camera also features up to a 100x digital zoom but the results aren’t as good as you would hope. This partly comes down to needing a very stable setup when zooming in this much, and you just simply end up losing quite a bit of detail compared to something like 2x or 4x zoom. But, hey at least the option for 100x zoom is there if you want to snap a picture of something really, really far away, despite the loss in image quality.

I think overall people will be quite happy with the camera performance here because for the most part, the pictures that are produced deliver a high level of clarity, especially in well-lit environments, and there are enough fun features to play with for those who want to get a bit experimental. At the end of the day though, the regular camera (the AI Cam mode) does a very fine job and this is what most people will probably stick to. Should you buy the Infinix Note 60 Ultra?

I think really this just comes down to whether or not you live in a country where this phone is officially sold. If you do, I think this is a pretty solid option for a smartphone. It has a great camera, really good performance, a very hefty battery with decent battery life, and some cool features.

Plus, it definitely checks to box for unique style if that’s your thing. The downside is of course, that this isn’t available in the US officially. You could technically buy it through an importer website, but there’s no guarantee that this phone would work with your US network.

If you live in a region where this phone is sold and supported on your network, I think it’s worth the money. The post Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review: A Show-Stopping Flagship Worthy Of Global Attention appeared first on Android Headlines .