Xiaomi Officially Launches The Black Shark Gaming Phone

by Duey Guison April 13, 2018

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After several teasers and leaked specs, Xiaomi has officially unveiled the Black Shark gaming phone. Sporting a curvy body, the Black Shark sports a notch-free 18:9 display, and a logo that doubles as a breathing light. It also comes with a liquid cooling system to keep the Snapdragon 845 processor’s temperature stable.

Being a gaming phone, the Black Shark’s JOY UI comes with a suite of gaming-centric features such as Shark Space–accessible via a dedicated hardware key, for an uninterrupted gaming session. The Black Shark can be equipped with a detachable Bluetooth controller–which is equipped with an analog joystick and a 150mah battery–to make it optimized for gaming.

Here’s a quick look at its specs:

Xiaomi Black Shark specs

AI-Powered Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-core processor
Qualcomm Adreno 630 graphics unit
6GB/8GB RAM, UFS 2.1
5.99-inch Full HD+ In-Cell display, 18:9 aspect ratio, 97% DCI-P3 coverage
64GB/128GB of expandable storage
12-megapixel f/1.75 primary rear camera and 20-megapixel f/1.75 secondary rear camera with dual LED flash, PDAF, Dark Light enhancement, Portrait mode
20-megapixel f/2.2 front camera with beauty mode, 4K recording
Dual SIM
4G LTE, LTE-A
WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
Fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C port, liquid cooling system
4000mAh battery
Android Oreo with JOY UI

This is Xiaomi Blackshark.
The Gaming phone with Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, OLED display and Liquid Cooling System.#Xiaomi #Blackshark #Gaming pic.twitter.com/lXTkiuie26
— Beebom (@beebomco) April 13, 2018

The 6GB/64GB variant will be priced at 2999 Yuan (~Php 24.9k), while the 8GB/128GB variant will be priced at 3499 Yuan (~Php 29k) respectively. The optional Bluetooth gaming controller will be priced at 179 Yuan (~Php 1.5k) but it will be bundled with the Black Shark for the first 50,000 orders.

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