Nobody’s phone is just their “phone” anymore. Everyone needs it to be at least one other thing. Some need it to be their mobile office, others need a portable studio, and some want to game on the go. That is where Infinix comes in, with its brand new Infinix GT 50 Pro, a phone that can be turned into a console that fits in the palm of your hand, while also doing a good job with those other tasks.
The Infinix GT 50 Pro is equipped with a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate chipset, a Mali-G720 MC7 GPU and 12 GB of RAM, plus up to an additional 12 GB of virtual memory, available in 6 GB, 9 GB and 12 GB options. The model we tested came with 512 GB of storage, though a 256 GB option is also available. The GT 50 Pro runs Android 16 on its proprietary operating system, XOS 16. The UI runs incredibly smoothly, with clean animations that move in and out of applications, delivering a premium user experience.
The design of the Infinix GT 50 Pro features a Kevlar-inspired back with fantastic fingerprint resistance and, overall, makes for a really good-looking phone. The phone offers dual-SIM slots, a fingerprint sensor and a Gorilla Glass 7i screen. The 1224×2720-pixel AMOLED display has a 144 Hz refresh rate and peak brightness of 1,600 nits. The screen is brilliant at full brightness. The colours are gorgeous, which I suppose should be a minimal requirement for a gaming-focused phone, but it really is impressive to see up close.
The Infinix GT 50 Pro is the first in its brand to support Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio, intelligently adapting Dolby Atmos content to deliver super-precise audio when gaming. This works for speakers and headphones, but as good as the speakers are (and they really are), most people spend a lot of their time gaming among other people, and just being a positive contributor to society, you’ll spend most of your time with headphones on. It is a great feature, though, particularly for FPS gamers, to give them a leg up.
“I think that, in good lighting, the Infinix GT 50 Pro took really nice photos with a ton of detail and great colour accuracy.”
The Infinix GT 50 Pro is built with Open-Cut Pressure GT Triggers, shoulder buttons that are mappable for your favourite games and programmable for everyday phone functions. There is a bit of a learning curve when you are not used to them, but they can be opened with a long or double press. You can also slide your thumb on the buttons to scroll through options or, when using the camera in landscape mode, zoom in and out, but I did not find that function easier than using my fingers on the screen.
Using the shoulder buttons for gaming, though, really makes the mobile gaming experience more accessible for people who play games with a traditional controller. Using the X-Boost software, you can create “strategies” that assign screen presses to the shoulder buttons, and you can assign multiple functions to each button, giving each button multiple uses. It was so helpful that I won my first-ever game of Blood Strike, one of the suggested games for testing. Granted, the lobbies were not the toughest, but who argues with results?
If you get the phone and feel overwhelmed by having five buttons on one side, or just do not want to use the shoulder buttons when you are not gaming, the buttons can be deactivated in quick settings so they are only on when needed, and you do not accidentally take 40 pictures of your carpet. Yes, that is a specific example from my testing. To help you get used to the buttons, there is even a game on the phone designed to teach you how to use them in-game.
The camera on the Infinix GT 50 Pro was a bit of a surprise, given the phone’s gamer-forward design. It sports a 50-megapixel main camera with a roughly 1/2-inch sensor, calculated from its 0.8-micron pixel size, since the actual sensor size was not provided in the specs, along with an f/1.8 aperture and optical image stabilization. There is also an 8-megapixel f/2.2 ultrawide lens with a 111-degree field of view. The selfie camera is a 13-megapixel f/2.2 lens with a 1/1.31-inch sensor.
The Infinix GT 50 Pro did not skimp when it came to the camera’s video-capture capabilities, with support for up to 4K at 30 fps on the selfie camera and 4K at 60 fps or 1080p at 240 fps on the main camera. There are also a number of other modes, including panorama, dual video and super macro, as well as AI options like Sky Shop, which lets you swap out the sky, AI focus and simpler processing tools like AI Portrait enhancer. The portrait mode also lets you adjust the bokeh by selecting a virtual f-stop, creating the background blur one would associate with each aperture setting.
I think that, in good lighting, the Infinix GT 50 Pro took really nice photos with a ton of detail and great colour accuracy. Infinix’s AI RAW imaging algorithm and AI Studio Editing set you up for photographic success. For someone who wants to take advantage of the AI tools, though, I would caution against being too heavy-handed with those settings, as going a little too far makes it easy to see the AI separating you from your background, while more subtle settings make the photos look much more natural.
The Infinix GT 50 Pro, being a gaming phone at its core, really does gaming well. It is optimized to play several esports games at its native 144 fps, including Call of Duty: Mobile, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Blood Strike, Standoff 2, Free Fire, and more, and it can do so at the highest graphics settings. Call of Duty: Mobile looked amazing and played smoothly with max settings across the board, and the shoulder buttons had a few preset strategies for the game, so you did not have to go to the trouble of setting them up.
“The Infinix GT 50 Pro, being a gaming phone at its core, really does gaming well.”
Playing other games, like Genshin Impact and Real Racing 3, looked fantastic despite not being optimized for 144 fps gameplay. I was able to play at the highest settings with no lag whatsoever, despite the demands those games place on a GPU. Using the X Arena software lets you optimize the phone’s performance even further when gaming, and also lets you enter Esports mode, which turns the phone’s UI into one that feels very reminiscent of a gaming console, for those who really want to game seriously.
The 6500 mAh battery on the Infinix GT 50 Pro provides excellent all-day performance, no matter what you are doing on the device. While gaming at 144 fps or shooting in 4K will definitely drain the battery more than the average user’s light gaming and social media doomscrolling, you should still be able to get through the day. This is also aided by the HydroFlow Liquid Cooling system, which keeps the GT 50 Pro cool when gaming really heats up.
The Infinix GT 50 Pro’s charging capabilities are also great, with 45W wired charging, 30W wireless charging and up to 10W of reverse wired charging, should you need to share some of the GT 50 Pro’s juice with an accessory. If you do manage to kill the battery in a day, you will be charged up and back in the game in no time. The battery even contains self-healing technology that triggers a sequence meant to repair micro-damage every 200 cycles, which can add more than a year of extended life.
Should your gaming sessions be more of an all-day thing, you can pop on the Infinix GT Magcase and attach the GT MagCharge Cooler 2.0, providing 15W of wireless power directly to the motherboard while also cooling and powering the phone right at the source. The MagCharge runs whisper-quiet, and the surface of the charger gets incredibly cold to keep the Infinix GT 50 Pro running cool even when you are pushing it hard. I just wish the phone itself was MagSafe, so you could have better contact between it and the GT MagCharge Cooler 2.0.
As far as pricing goes, Infinix has said pricing and availability will vary by region, and that you should check its website for pricing in your area. Based on the previous model, the GT 30 Pro, yes, Infinix skipped the 40; prices were roughly between US$250 and US$350, which, if the latest model’s pricing is even in the ballpark, would make the Infinix GT 50 Pro a stellar value for what it can do. It would be an immediate go-to for me if I were looking for a phone for my gamer son, that is for sure.
Overall, the Infinix GT 50 Pro sells itself well as a gaming phone, but you should not sleep on the other things it can do, especially for a budget phone. It delivers a gorgeous look and a brilliant display, along with a solid camera, AI tools and the battery life to let you do it all. If you look at the GT 50 Pro and all you see are the shoulder buttons, you are not looking hard enough.
