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Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro debut with 90Hz OLEDs and magnetic charging

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Ro, 03 March 2020

Xiaomi Android Announcement

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

Black Shark 3 Pro

The Pro version offers a couple of extra features on top of the non-Pro version and also has a bigger screen. The Black Shark 3 Pro is built around a massive 7.1-inch QHD+ OLED panel running at 90Hz. It also boasts the world's fastest 270Hz touch-sampling rate as well.

Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro debut with 90Hz OLEDs and magnetic charging

It's up to a Snapdragon 865 chipset to drive all those pixels, and it's needless to say that the phone supports 5G connectivity as well. WiFi 6 support is also on the specs sheet. The phone can be coupled with either 8 or 12GB of RAM, but only the 12GB version comes with the latest LPDDR5 memory, the 8GB settles for the LPDDR4X. Storage-wise, there is only one version and it's 256GB.

Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro debut with 90Hz OLEDs and magnetic charging

The handset comes with a 64MP main camera with f/1.8 aperture, a 13MP ultrawide unit and a 5MP depth sensor. The selfie camera has a 20MP sensor.

And now the best part. The Black Shark 3 Pro comes with a massive 5,000 mAh battery and supports blazing-fast 65W charging. Xiaomi says it can go from flat to 100% in just 38 minutes. And if you are in the middle of a game and need a refuel, you can snap a magnetic charger on the back of the phone that doesn't go quite as fast but 18W would do just fine during a gaming session. After all, you won't have to deal with tangling cables sticking out from the USB-C port.

Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro debut with 90Hz OLEDs and magnetic charging

Another advantages of the Pro model is the new pop-up triggers. The touch-sensitive air triggers from the previous version of the phone are replaced with physical pop-up buttons, and Black Shark promises they can last at least 300,000 presses without any issues.

Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro debut with 90Hz OLEDs and magnetic charging

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.

Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro debut with 90Hz OLEDs and magnetic charging

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.

Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro debut with 90Hz OLEDs and magnetic charging

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.

Black Shark 3 will go on sale from March 6 starting at CNY 3,499 ($500) for the 8GB/128GB model while the Black Shark 3 Pro's price will be CNY 4,699 ($675) for the base 8GB/256GB configuration and it will be made available from March 17.

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  • RanyGames
  • Nqt
  • 09 Dec 2020

Should I Buy the 3 or The 3 Pro the difference is the popup triggers and small battery stuff and the device is kinda smaller, no one is gonna reply but whatever, I'm just gonna post this...

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  • CptPower
  • SH3
  • 06 Mar 2020

Well true but i would like to have 64GB ram 16 is just not enough. And a phone which can run upcomming Doom Eternal on full details without even a single lagg or delay :-)

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  • CptPower
  • SH3
  • 06 Mar 2020

Well dedicated buttons its remmind me of old gaming phones of 2000s era.

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