Almost all of the new breed of super-skinny smartphones are wallet busters, but not the Infinix Note Edge: this slender 7.2mm handset arrives for an impressive $200, while still having enough space inside for a relatively colossal battery.
The eyebrow-raisingly affordable newcomer wants to put the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and Apple iPhone Air on notice across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It may be a millimetre or two thicker and weighs a more noticeable 185g, but it bests both big name rivals with a 6500mAh silicon-carbon cell that should manage two days per charge.
45W charging is no slouch, and you still get a power adapter included in the box. Infinix also says its “self-repairing” tech will retain 80% total capacity after 2000 charge cycles, or about six years of regular use, which bodes well for the long term.
Slim dimensions don’t mean a small screen, with Infinix fitting a 6.78in AMOLED panel good for 120Hz refresh rates and a peak 4500 nits brightness. It’s protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i glass.
The display edges contour into the central frame, as does the rear panel, with Lunar Titanium, Shadow Black, Silk Green, and Stellar Blue colours on offer. It also finds room at the side for a customisable hardware key that can wake the firm’s FOLAX AI assistant, and IP65 resistance is a decent showing for a budget handset. Other goodies include an in-display fingerprint sensor, JBL-approved stereo speakers and an IR blaster.
The Infinix Note Edge is first in line for MediaTek’s Dimensity 7100 5G silicon, paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Infinix reckons that’s enough oomph to play high profile mobile games like Honor of Kings (a fast-paced MOBA that’s insanely popular in the East) at a smooth 90fps. It arrives running the latest Android 16, with Infinix pledging three major Android OS upgrades and five years of security updates.
Photography doesn’t look to be a strong point, with just a single 50MP rear snapper at the rear, but an f/1.8 aperture should help in low light, and it supports Infinix’s first ever live photo mode. Up front you get a 13MP, f/2.2 camera for selfies and video calls.
The Note Edge isn’t set to see a release beyond the usual Infinix stomping grounds, so is unlikely to bother Western rivals – but it’s still great to see thinner dimensions becoming the norm at much lower price points than we’re used to in the US and UK.
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