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.
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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: [email protected]/60fps, [email protected]/60/240fps, 72[email protected]
- Selfie Camera: Single – 20 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/3″, 0.9µm
- Features: HDR
- Video: [email protected]
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.
