All I Know About Xiaomi Black Shark Gaming Phone

Hello gamers in the house, I have a good news for you guys; a new gaming phone is here courtesy of Chinese company Xiaomi and the name of the device is "Black Shark". In this post, I will write down all I have read and seen so far as far as this device is concerned. Though I'm yet to handle the phone.

Xiaomi Black Shark Gaming Phone

Xiaomi black shark gaming phone is a rugged device that has a 5.99-inch FHD+ display, powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC with up to 8GB RAM. It's however, worthy to note that Black Shark does not have a microSD slot, but comes in two versions – 6 GB RAM + 64 GB internal storage or 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage.

For more optimal performance when gaming and multitasking, the smartphone is uses a multi-stage integrated liquid cooling system that cools the phone CPU temperature down to 8° C. That's amazing right? Oh yes.

For more better graphics, the on-board image processing chip is new by MEMC that delivers sharper colors and overall smooth performance when needed.

According to this source, there is a dedicated image processing chip from Pixel works offering intelligent motion compensation technology, image enhancement, dark scene detail processing, for smooth video quality when gaming. It has ‘X-style’ unique antenna design so that there are no signal issues when hold the phone both vertically or horizontally.

Other features of Xiaomi Black Shark includes Android Oreo, topped with JOY UI, which is a custom launcher that shares some of its apps with Xiaomi‘s MIUI. Dual rear camera (12MP+20MP) plus 20MP selfie camera.

You can attach a Black Shark Gamepad that is similar to what Nintendo did with the Switch. The first 50,000 buyers will get it for free. It has a 340 mAh battery on its own and can connect via Bluetooth. There is also a dedicated “Shark” button on the left side that lets you devote all hardware resources to your game so you get all the available performance. It's not all, the phone features a powerful 4000mAh battery. As you can see it's not a low-end phone. Device for the gamers and multitaskers.

Black Shark

HERE ARE KEY SPECS OF XIAOMI BLACK SHARK

✔️ Full HD+ 18:9 display with 97% DCI-P3 color gamut, 550 nits brightness
✔️ 8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
✔️ 6GB RAM with 64GB (UFS 2.1) storage / 8GB RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) internal storage
✔️ Android 8.1 (Oreo)
✔️ Dual SIM (nano + nano)
✔️ 12MP rear camera with f/1.75 aperture, 1.25µm pixel size, dual-tone LED flash, secondary 20MP rear camera with 1.0µm pixel size, f/1.75 aperture
20MP front-facing camera with 1.0µm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture
✔️ Fingerprint sensor
✔️ Dual Smart PA, Hi-Fi Audio, Dual Speakers
✔️ SHARK key for high performance gaming mode
✔️ Dimensions: 161.6×75.4x 9.25mm; Weight: 190g
✔️ 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, USB Type-C
✔️ 4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) battery with Quick Charge 3.0

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Black shark will be priced at; 8GB+128GB version cost $557, while 6GB+64GB cost $477. And it's available in online stores worldwide.

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