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BEIJING, February 9 (TMTPOST) — Chinese smartphone maker Transsion (SSE: 688036) has launched Infinix Zero 5G in Nigeria, which is the first 5G model for the company’s Infinix line.

Infinix Zero 5G is equipped with MediaTek’s Dimensity 900 SoC and runs on XOS 10, an Android 11 variant. The phone runs with 8 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB UFS 3.1 storage. The phone supports microSD extension. The phone comes in three colors –Cosmic Black, Horizon Blue and Skylight Orange.

The 5G phone adopts a 6.78-inch IPS LTPS display that has a resolution of 1080 x 2460 and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The display offers 240Hz touch sampling and maximum brightness of 500 nits.

Infinix Zero 5G is powered by a 5000mAh battery pack and supports 33W fast charging.

The phone’s design is called Uni-Curve Design and looks similar to Oppo’s Find X3 Pro with an elevated camera area. Infinix Zero 5G weighs 199g and is 8.77mm.

Infinix Zero 5G’s camera set includes a 48-megapixel main camera, a 13-megapixel 2X telephoto and a 2-megapixel depth sensor unit. It has a 16-megapixel front camera.

The phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack and has a type-C port. It supports dual sim cards.

The phone is priced at Nigerian N169,500 (around 3,152 yuan).

Founded in July 2006, Transsion is a Shenzhen-based mobile phone manufacturer. It mainly sells smartphones in Africa and South Asia. It was the largest smartphone manufacturer by sales in Africa in 2017. It has three smartphone brands – TECNO, itel and Infinix. Besides its smartphone business, Transsion also has a home appliance brand Syinix and customer service brand Carlcare. It manufactures phones in China, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and recently at India.

The company went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR market in 2019. In 2020, the company’s revenue was 37.79 billion yuan, registering year-on-year growth of 49.1%.