Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Specifications and Price

Xiaomi’s sub-brand, Black Shark, has unleashed its new gaming smartphones with tons of cool gaming-centric features. The phones are intended for China first and will later be made available to the global market, as per the company’s strategies of the past.

Xiaomi Black Shark 3

The vanilla version employs a smaller 6.67-inch screen and lower FHD+ resolution, lacks the pop-up triggers, and offers a smaller 4,720 mAh battery. Another difference is in the storage variants – 8GB/128GB, 12GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB. The rest is pretty much the same.

In fact, from a design standpoint, both phones are identical – metal and glass have been used for the build, there are no holes or cutouts on the display on the front and, an improved sandwich-like cooling solution has been implemented with double the heat pipes compared to the previous generation. It’s also cool that unlike the Black Shark 2 and 2 Pro, the 3 and the 3 Pro have 3.5mm audio jacks.

The vanilla model comes in three colors – Lightning Black, Armor Gray, and Star Silver, while the Pro is offered only in Phantom Black and Armor Gray.

Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Specifications

Network Properties

• 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
• CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
• 3G bands: HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
• CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
• 4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
• 5G: 5G band 41(2500), 78(3500), 79(4700); SA/NSA
• Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A; 5G

Launch

• Announced: 2020, March 3
• Status: Available. Released 2020, March 6

Launch

• Dimensions: 168.7 x 77.3 x 10.4 mm (6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 in)
• Weight: 222 g (7.83 oz)
• Build: Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame
• Colours: Lightning Black, Armor Gray, Star Silver
• SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

• Type: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size: 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2 (~82.4% screen-to-body ratio)
• Resolution: 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~395 ppi density)
• DCI-P3
• Always-on display
• 90Hz
• 270Hz touch-sensing
• 500 nits typ. brightness
• HDR10+

Operating System

• Android 10.0

Hardware

• Chipset: Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+)
• CPU: Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 585)
• GPU: Adreno 650
• Storage: 128GB 8GB RAM, 128GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
• Memory Card slot: No
• UFS 3.0

Cameras

• Main Camera: Triple
  • 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.72″, 0.8µm, PDAF
  • 13 MP, f/2.3, (ultrawide)
  • 5 MP, f/2.2, (depth)
• Features: LED flash, HDR, panorama
• Video: 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@1920fps
• Selfie Camera: Single – 20 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/3″, 0.9µm
• Features: HDR
• Video: 1080p@30fps

Multimedia

• Radio: No
• Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers
• Audio 3.5mm jack: Yes

Connectivity

• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
• Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BDS
• USB: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Feature

• Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Battery

• Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 4720 mAh battery
• Charging: Fast battery charging 65W: 100% in 38 min
• Battery charging: 30W (128/8 model)
• Magnetic charging: 18W

Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Price and Availability

Black Shark 3 will go on sale from March 6 starting at CNY 3,499 ($500) for the 8GB/128GB model.