{"id":2829,"date":"2015-12-16T21:16:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T20:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hovatek.com\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2015-12-16T21:16:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T20:16:51","slug":"infinix-note-2-x600-settles-into-the-family-now-a-look-at-how-well-infinix-has-done-with-the-note-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/infinix-note-2-x600-settles-into-the-family-now-a-look-at-how-well-infinix-has-done-with-the-note-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinix Note 2 X600 settles into the family, now a look at how well Infinix has done with the Note series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/12\/infinix-note-2.jpg\" alt=\"infinix note 2 review and specifications\" width=\"227\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Infinix last month released the Infinix Note 2 (X600) codenamed The Big 6. I must first express my deep dissatisfaction with the earlier Infinix Hot Note (X551). There were three different variants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1GB RAM 16GB ROM (X551)<\/li>\n<li>2GB RAM 16GB ROM\u00a0(X551)<\/li>\n<li>2GB RAM 32GB ROM\u00a0(X551)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an Android Developer, I would tell you that they&#8217;re essentially the same thing; just minor differences in their firmware but as a Tech. support provider, I would tell you that they&#8217;re three different devices because their entire firmware can&#8217;t be used interchangeably. Flashing the wrong one could cause the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-286.html\">Infinix device to go dead<\/a>\u00a0. The more confusing part is that they are all labeled the same under Settings &gt; About. Team Hovatek had no problem identifying these variants (most OEMs are guilty of this anyway) and providing their respective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\/thread-533.html\">Infinix firmware<\/a>\u00a0but not everybody is adept at such judging by the number of wrong firmware flash issues we got (for this model alone) at the Hovatek Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Now for a side by side comparison of the Note family:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Specs<\/td>\n<td>Infinix Hot Note (X551)<\/td>\n<td>Infinix Hot Note Pro (X551)<\/td>\n<td>Infinix Note 2 (X600)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3G<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4G<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SIM<\/td>\n<td>Dual SIM<\/td>\n<td>Dual SIM<\/td>\n<td>Dual SIM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Date of release<\/td>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dimension<\/td>\n<td>156 x 77 x 8.9 mm<\/td>\n<td>156 x 77 x 8.9 mm<\/td>\n<td>159.5\u00d782.5\u00d79.3 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Size<\/td>\n<td>5.5 inches ; 720 x 1280 px<\/td>\n<td>5.5 inches ; 720 x 1280 px<\/td>\n<td>5.98 inches ; 720 x 1280 px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RAM<\/td>\n<td>1 or 2 GB<\/td>\n<td>2 GB<\/td>\n<td>1.5 or 2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ROM<\/td>\n<td>16 GB<\/td>\n<td>32 GB<\/td>\n<td>16 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OS<\/td>\n<td>Android 4.4.2 KitKat<\/td>\n<td>Android 4.4.2 KitKat<\/td>\n<td>Android 5.1 Lollipop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Processor<\/td>\n<td>\u00a01.4GHz Octa Core MediaTek MT6592<\/td>\n<td>1.4GHz Octa Core MediaTek MT6592<\/td>\n<td>1.3 GHz Octa Core Mediatek\u00a0MT6753<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Camera<\/td>\n<td>8MP back ; 2MP front<\/td>\n<td>8MP back ; 2MP front<\/td>\n<td>13MP back ; 2MP front<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Battery<\/td>\n<td>4000 mAh Li-Ion<\/td>\n<td>4000mAh Li-Ion<\/td>\n<td>4040 mAh Li-Ion , Fast Charge support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price at launch<\/td>\n<td>\u20a623,900<\/td>\n<td>\u20a626,000<\/td>\n<td>\u20a632,000 &#8211; 33,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Verdict<\/h3>\n<h3>Infinix Hot Note X551<\/h3>\n<p>What drew me to the Infinix Hot Note (X551) was the battery and performance. Considering its moderate specs, it did quite well performance-wise. For a moderate user, the 1GB RAM ought to serve you well. For heavy\u00a0users like me, 1GB RAM isn&#8217;t much&#8230;.but still something. The picture quality was nice, though I wasn&#8217;t too impressed with it compared to my Gionee M2. Comments by others indicated that the picture quality was superb; what can I say, we have different standards.\u00a0 I feel it was a bit OK at that price though.<\/p>\n<h3>Infinix Hot Note X551 Pro<\/h3>\n<p>It was basically the same as the Hot Note, only an increase in RAM from 1GB to 2GB and ROM from 16 GB to 32GB. The RAM increase gave a slightly smoother feel on my beloved Asphalt 8. With these changes, I think the Hot Note Pro was still a good deal at that price.<\/p>\n<h3>Infinix Note 2 (X600)<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m not wowed by the Big 6 after all the hype. What changed? Wider screen, 5 extra Megapixels, 40 extra mAh, maybe the chipset, power optimization, 4G LTE, fast charge support and Lollipop. It did handle gaming quite OK. Getting a device is similar to getting married, you should not count on first impressions. I think the price is a little steep and would have loved to see it go for a little lower. Support requests at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/forum\">Hovatek Forum<\/a> will tell us how well this device handles pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infinix last month released the Infinix Note 2 (X600) codenamed The Big 6. I must first express my deep dissatisfaction with the earlier Infinix Hot Note (X551). There were three different variants: 1GB RAM 16GB ROM (X551) 2GB RAM 16GB ROM\u00a0(X551) 2GB RAM 32GB ROM\u00a0(X551) As an Android Developer, I would tell you that they&#8217;re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[113],"class_list":["post-2829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-reviews","tag-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}