Black Shark 3 Pro Ultimate 5G Gaming Phone

Gaming phones always have marmite designs. The original Razer Phone had a uniquely blocky chassis, and Asus’ ROG Phones looked like they were built by Star Trek Klingons.

Xiaomi’s Black Shark line of smartphones is designed for mobile gamers and have provided them with several innovative features, including a pressure-sensitive display that lets users map left and right controls to the screen. Their latest device, the Black Shark 3 Pro, takes things to the next level by adding pop-up shoulder buttons that raise 1.5 millimeters from the body of the phone.

Other features include a 7.1-inch (3,120 x 1,440) AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 270Hz touch sampling, 256GB of internal storage, a triple rear camera setup (64-megapixel main camera, 13-megapixel ultra wide camera and a five-megapixel bokeh camera), a 20-megapixel front-facing selfie camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a 5,000 mAh battery. Best of all, it won’t break the bank, as the 8GB of RAM model costs $675, while and the 12GB RAM option is priced at $718.

Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Pro Gaming Smartphone Has Pop-Up Shoulder Buttons

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G

LAUNCH	Announced	2020, March 03
	Status	Available. Released 2020, March 17

BODY	Dimensions	177.8 x 83.3 x 10.1 mm (7.00 x 3.28 x 0.40 in)
	Weight	253 g (8.92 oz)
	Build	Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame
	SIM	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
		Physical pop-up gaming triggers

DISPLAY	Type	AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	7.1 inches, 123.7 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1440 x 3120 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~484 ppi density)
		Always-on display 90Hz refresh rate 500 nits typ. brightness (advertised) HDR10+

PLATFORM	OS	Android 10
	Chipset	Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+)
	CPU	Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 585)
	GPU	Adreno 650

MEMORY	Card slot	No
	Internal	256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM
		UFS 3.0

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	4K@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

SOUND	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BDS
	Radio	No
	USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

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

BATTERY	Type	Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
	Charging	Fast charging 65W, 100% in 38 min (advertised) Magnetic charging 18W

MISC	Colors	Phantom Black, Armor Gray
	Price	$ 783.79 / € 898.99