Infinix highlights the innovation behind NOTE 60 Ultra featuring Pininfarina collab
Infinix teams up with Pininfarina with the NOTE 60 Ultra—a premium mid-range redefining "Ultra" through Italian design, hidden tech, and elegant power.
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| Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra blueprint |
The tech behind the NOTE 60 Ultra
Following its launch, Infinix shared details of its collaboration with 95-year-old Italian automotive design firm Pininfarina—marking the first time in Pininfarina's history that it has contributed to the exterior design of a mobile device.
The company says the NOTE 60 Ultra represents Infinix's most deliberate push into the premium segment to date. Rather than adding performance features incrementally, the company invited Pininfarina to challenge established conventions around how a flagship device should be structured and presented.
A Different Vision of "Ultra"
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| Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra special package |
The dominant image of an "Ultra" smartphone has long been associated with bulk, conservative styling, and an emphasis on raw technical specifications. Infinix argues that this approach no longer reflects the aspirations of its primary audience, young urban consumers across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, and sought a design language that pairs high performance with aesthetic restraint.
Pininfarina, known for its work with Ferrari and Alfa Romeo, built its reputation on conveying speed and power through proportion and continuous surface flow rather than exposed mechanical elements. That philosophy shaped the NOTE 60 Ultra's overall design direction: capable but understated, with what the team described as a sense of "strength without showing off."
The Uni-Chassis approach
One of the more technically significant outcomes of the collaboration is what Infinix calls the Uni-Chassis Camera Module. Conventional smartphone design typically treats camera components, lenses, sensors, flash units—as separate elements, each requiring its own opening in the device body. As imaging systems have grown more complex, this approach has produced increasingly prominent camera clusters and fragmented rear panels.
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| The phone's camera module |
The NOTE 60 Ultra takes a different path. A single piece of high-strength glass covers the entire camera area and extends across the upper half of the rear panel, eliminating visible borders around individual lenses and giving the imaging system a more unified, recessed appearance. The lower half of the glass panel features a three-part segmentation reminiscent of automotive rear-wing design, adding visual contrast to the otherwise minimal surface. Precision-polished glass edges, a gear-shaped metal trim, and a Pininfarina signature mark complete the rear.
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| Multiple Infinix phones |
Beneath that unified surface sits a seven-component array: three cameras, including a 200MP main sensor and a 50MP telephoto, plus sensors, a flash, a lighting strip, and an interactive display matrix. In standard use, all of these components are visually concealed—a result that required extensive refinement of lens coating and color-matching processes across seven colorway variants of the device.
Lighting as identity
Taking cues from automotive lighting design, the NOTE 60 Ultra incorporates a multi-zone lighting system on its rear panel. A red light strip embedded beneath the lower section of the rear glass illuminates when the phone powers on. An interactive feature called the Active Matrix allows the lighting panel to display animated characters or user-customized visuals, functioning as a secondary expressive surface rather than a purely functional element.
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| Unique lighting |
Ensuring that the matrix lights remain invisible when inactive, rather than appearing as a static grid, was cited as one of the more challenging aspects of the project, requiring the team to address issues such as light crosstalk across different panel colors.
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| The iF design winner |
Industry recognition
The NOTE 60 Ultra received a 2026 iF Design Award. Coverage from technology publications has noted that the Pininfarina involvement appears to reflect substantive design input rather than a surface-level endorsement arrangement.
Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra 5G Specs
Display: 6.78-inch AMOLED screen w/ 144Hz refresh rate, 2160Hz PWM dimming, FHD+ 2644 x 1208 resolution at 429 ppi
CPU: 3.25GHz 4nm Dimensity 8400 Ultimate octa-core processor
GPU: Mali-G615 MC6
RAM: 12GB LPDDR5X
ROM: 512GB UFS 4.0
Back Camera: 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HPE main sensor w/ OIS + ultra-wide sensor (112-degree + 50MP JN5 3.5x periscope camera + LED Flash
Selfie: 32MP f/2.2 + Dual Flash
Battery: 7,-00mAh w/ 100W All-Round FastCharge3.0, 50W Wireless MagCharge
OS: Android 16 w/ XOS 16
Connectivity: WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (5GHz/2.4GHz), UPS tech, 5G, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.4, FM Radio, NFC, GPS, dual SIM
Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic
Others: In-Display fingerprint sensor, face unlock, IP64 water splash and dust resistance, IR Blaster, JBL stereo speakers, Hi-Res Audio, X-axis linear motor, USB-C, Colors: Torino Black, Monza Red, Roma Silver, Amalfi Blue
Dimensions: 162.3 x 77.2 x 7.9 mm
Weight: 220 g
Price: PHP 32,999
Price and availability
Infinix NOTE 60 Pro Pininfarina edition- PHP 23,999
Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra - PHP 32,999
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