Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G review

Two rear snappers and a high-resolution selfie

Even though the camera island appears consistent across the Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G and the Note 50 Pro+, the latter has one extra periscope telephoto camera. Or rather, the Note 50 Pro 4G, which we have for review today, is missing said camera.

You are left with a 50MP main snapper with PDAF and OIS and an 8MP ultrawide. On the front - a 32MP fixed-focus selfie cam. Nothing too spectacular or fancy. There does appear to be a third camera of some sort on the back or, at the very least, a visible lens. Infinix calls it a "flicker sensor". In any case, it is not significant.

The main camera uses a Samsung S5KGN5SP sensor (1/1.57", 1.0µm). The ultrawide, which lacks autofocus just like the selfie camera, is based on the GalaxyCore GC08A8 (1/4", 1.12µm). As for the selfie, it might be using a GalaxyCore GC32E1 (1/1.31", 0.70µm) or a Hynix HI3231Q (1/3.1", 0.70µm) sensor.

• Wide (main): 50 MP Samsung S5KGN5SP f/1.9, 1/1.57", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS; 1440p@30fps
• Ultra wide angle: 8 MP GalaxyCore GC08A8, f/2.2, 15mm, 112-degree, 1/4", 1.12µm, fixed focus; 1440p@30fps
• Front camera: 32 MP Galaxycore GC32E1 / Hynix hi3231q, f/2.2, 1/3.1", 0.7µm; 1440p@30fps

The Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G camera app is surprisingly feature-rich. It offers a pretty robust Pro mode as well as AI autofocus.

Daylight photo quality

Main camera

The main camera on the Note 50 Pro 4G is quite impressive for the price bracket. It captures very detailed shots with nice colors and a decently wide dynamic range. There is practically no noise in the frame, either.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera samples

People come out looking great, in particular. Skin texture is excellent, and so are the skin tones. The phone captures excellent portrait shots with its main camera as well. Subject detection and separation are almost always spot-on, and the quality of the background blur is impressive.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera portrait samples

There is no dedicated telephoto camera, nor does the ultrawide have autofocus, but the main camera can focus pretty close, allowing for some rather pleasing macro-style shots.

While you can force the main camera to capture in its full 50MP resolution, you probably don't want to since the resulting images are softer and with less HDR stacking taking place, which frequently leaves things like the sky clipped and generally harms the dynamic range.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 50MP main camera samples

The Note 50 Pro 4G lacks the dedicated telephoto of its Pro+ sibling, but it can still pull off some impressively clean, detailed and sharp 2x digital zoom shots from the main camera. There is a tiny bit of noise in these 2x shots, but you really have to go nitpicking and look for it to find it.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera 2x zoom samples

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera 2x zoom portrait samples

Ultrawide camera

The ultrawide on the Note 50 Pro 4G is as decent as an 8MP ultrawide of this caliber can be. That is to say that it is usable but not impressive in any way. The detail is alright, and so are the colors. There is quite a bit of noise in the frame.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 8MP ultrawide camera samples

Selfie camera

The selfie camera captures excellent shots. The detail is great, and the skin texture comes through very well. Skin tones also look great.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 32MP selfie camera samples

Low-light camera quality

The main camera captures some impressive low-light shots. There is plenty of detail and pretty low noise. Both shadows and highlights are well-developed. Light sources, in particular, are very well contained.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera low-light samples

An automatic night mode triggers consistently in the regular photo mode. It does a great job of stacking photos. There is a manual Super Night mode as well. It doesn't seem to do anything more to the photos in terms of processing.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera Super Night mode samples

2x zoom low-light shots from the main camera are quite noisy. They have a lot of detail and good dynamic range, but they are noisy.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera 2x zoom low-light samples

Enabling Super Night mode on these 2x zoom shots greatly helps. The noise is practically gone without really sacrificing detail, and light sources are handled much better.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera 2x zoom night mode samples

Shots from the ultrawide are quite messy in low light. They are soft and blurry with quite a bit of noise.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 8MP ultrawide camera low-light samples

Once again, enabling Super Night mode manually fixes up the overall quality quite a bit. While you don't really get that much extra detail, the detail that is there is nicely sharpened. Surfaces are a lot less noisy, and light sources are contained much better.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 8MP ultrawide camera night mode samples

Finally, we have the selfie camera, which holds up surprisingly well in low-light conditions. Skin texture and tones come through nicely, and there is a decent amount of detail in the background.

Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G: 32MP selfie camera low-light samples

Enabling Super Night mode on the selfie camera has little effect, just like the main camera.

Video capture quality

The Infinix Note 50 Pro 4G can capture video at up to 1440p@30fps resolution on all of its cameras. It's just what the ISP is capable of and where the limitation stems from. Still, at least the ultrawide is not limited to 1080p. Plus, you can enable ultra-steady stabilization on all cameras, which lowers the resolution to 1080p and crops away a bit of the frame. The stabilization itself works surprisingly well.

By default, videos get saved in an h.264/AVC video stream (around 50 Mbps for 1440p), plus a stereo AAC audio stream inside an MP4 container. There is also the option to record in h.265/HEVC and save some space.

You can check out the playlist below, which includes multiple video samples.

The main camera does quite alright with video capture. Its 1440p clips look sharp and surprisingly detailed. There is practically no noise, the dynamic range is nice and wide, and the colors look good. The same basically applies to 2x zoomed-in videos from the main camera, which are just a bit softer. Footage from the ultrawide is a bit noisier but other than that. It is surprisingly good for an 8MP camera. The details are decent, and so are the dynamic range and the colors.