Infinix S5 Pro review

Three cameras, one shooter

The Infinix S5 Pro has a triple camera on its back, and while that's technically true, you will be able to use just one of the snappers - the 48MP primary behind f/1.8 lens. Phase-detection autofocus and dual-LED flash assisting your main camera.

The second snapper is a 2MP depth sensor. And then there is one tiny QVGA sensor used for low-light photography, whatever that means. Infinix doesn't say more about the third camera, but we do get a notification when the lens gets covered at nighttime.

The camera app is your usual rolodex of modes, and you switch between those by swiping left or right. There is a Bokeh mode, and you can simulate different apertures. There is no Manual mode though.

Camera app

Image quality

The daylight photos turned out pretty good with a decent amount of resolved detail, low noise, and accurate colors. The contrast is very good, as is the dynamic range. We left the HDR option on Auto, but it didn't get triggered for any of the scenes.

Overall, we'd say the Infinix S5 Pro does an excellent job for its price range.

Infinix S5 Pro 12MP photos

The phone can do 48MP shots, too. The process of making a 48MP image from a Quad-Bayer sensor is called demosaicing or de-bayering, and it renders good results on the Infinix S5 Pro all things considered. Downsizing such an image to 12MP will result in a sharper photo with a bit more detail in the foliage and backgrounds. But the whole ordeal of shooting for a second or two, downloading and downsizing this 20MB or so the photo is not worth it, at least by our books.

Infinix S5 Pro 48MP photos

The low-light photos we snapped with the Infinix S5 Pro turned out great for this class. They are well exposed, with good color saturation, and the detail is quite enough even if some gets destroyed by the aggressive noise reduction.

Although the S5 Pro lacks stabilization, it rarely saved blurry photos, which is yet another good thing about the low-light images.

Finally, we are not sure how the phone uses the QVGA snapper, but since we are happy with the photos we got, we won't dig into its alleged use.

Infinix S5 Pro 12MP low-light photos

Once you're done with the real world samples, head over to our Photo compare tool to see how the Infinix S5 Pro stacks up against the competition.

Infinix S5 Pro against the Redmi Note 8 and the Realme 5 in our Photo compare tool

Bokeh mode

The 2MP depth sensor has a pivotal role in the portrait photography and the phone seems to utilize it very well. The portrait photos we snapped are great with proficient subject separation and convincing enough blur.

Infinix S5 Pro 12MP portraits

You can also use bokeh for non-human subjects, but the results will vary on the level of complexity.

Infinix S5 Pro 12MP bokeh photos

Selfies

The Infinix S5 Pro has a 16MP f/2.0 selfie camera on a pop-up module.

The selfies are far from impressive - the detail is poor, there is noticeable red tinge and the dynamic range is rather low.

Infinix S5 Pro 16MP selfies

Portrait mode is available on the selfie camera, too, but it's not as proficient as on the main one due to the lack of a depth sensor.

Infinix S5 Pro 16MP portrait selfies

Video quality

The Infinix S5 Pro supports video capturing up to 1080p at 30fps. There is no stabilization available whatsoever.

The 1080p clips have a bitrate of 17Mbps, but the audio is recorder mono with 128Kbps bitrate.

The video quality is okay - not the most detailed videos we've seen, but they offer nice contrast, good dynamic range and accurate colors.

Here's a glimpse of how the Infinix S5 Pro compares to others in our Video compare tool. Head over there for the complete picture.

1080p: Infinix S5 Pro against the Realme 3 and the Galaxy A50 in our Video compare tool