Xiaomi's gaming phone is here: Meet the Black Shark

13 April 2018
Liquid cooling system, MEMC ISP, and a Snapdragon 845 chipset for less than $500.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 13 Apr 2018

Those are some thicc bezels.

    Awesome design with awesome price but 128GB and no sd card use it as your primary phone and storage will burn down in a few months anyways for that price your getting more than almost every other phone

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      • AnonD-744321
      • D9q
      • 13 Apr 2018

      Pabliell, 13 Apr 2018Headphone jack doesn't use almost any space, told you, go s... moreif salt water touched the jacks they will glitch and to make them water proof (with the glitch effect) you need to make the metal around it thicker and the length/thickness of the port forces them to take more space
      and I am not sure about the jack being batter the the USB in audio quality I watch FHD videos with high frequency audio with out a problem
      any way they are just following a trand by Apple but Apple done it to increase the sells of wireless headphones and trand followers are just brainlessly helping them
      BUT XIAOMI removed the jack in the MI6 to add "splash resistance" so.......
      let's do a water test ;)

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        • Xiaomi Fan
        • vGi
        • 13 Apr 2018

        AnonD-744321, 13 Apr 2018I didn't say they are useless I said they take to much spa... moreWhy bother even with a single port. Remove all the ports and make the phone as solid as a brick. Just throw in wireless charging so that the phone can be charged. Would be way easier to waterproof.

          AnonD-744321, 13 Apr 2018I didn't say they are useless I said they take to much spa... moreHeadphone jack doesn't use almost any space, told you, go see some teardowns.
          And USB is shitty for audio, dongles won't fix that.
          Not putting headphone jack is simply being lazy. Sony did it for years with waterproofing, Samsung still does it, it's not that difficult.

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            • AnonD-744321
            • D9q
            • 13 Apr 2018

            Pabliell, 13 Apr 2018Your brain is dead... Headphone jacks are the best if you ... moreI didn't say they are useless
            I said they take to much space that is it
            and makes water protection harder
            and it is use less to have 2 ports in 1 phone when one of the ports can replace the other one

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              • Alex
              • 0w7
              • 13 Apr 2018

              Why the ugly shapes on the back?

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                • AnonD-85703
                • Mtr
                • 13 Apr 2018

                This isn't better than razer phone, it ABSOLUTELY demolishes it!
                1. Razer 120Hz screen is utter garbage, it is dim, and it uses much more battery than it actually should. Btw, no games run smoother than 60fps anyways so it is pointless
                2. S845>S835 so gamingwise it means superior hardware for better ingame performance.
                3. Speakers, true, not as good as razer's but good enough
                4. Battery life is just poor on razer due to its subpar screen, this one has efficient but more powerful S845 chip and 4k mah battery, so I expect at least double the battery life
                5. Grip is much improved for better grasp of the phone
                6. You get a free/cheap controller while razer gives you nothing
                7. Pricing is way more affordable than razer
                8. Supposedljy way better camera

                So to sum up: not only it has everything better than razer for gaming (speakers excluded), it costs good 200 euro less.
                No brainer, this is what razer phone should have been, this is what true gamers want, not some gimmicky 120hz on otherwise bad panel, 2h of gaming battery life. Sure, you don't get a razer logo with this one, so your 15yo friends will mock you

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                  • Anonymous
                  • gLN
                  • 13 Apr 2018

                  AnonD-744321, 13 Apr 2018D:{ stop complaining about the 3.5mm jacks thay are DEAD ... moreyou need to charge and listen to music more often than you think.

                  But the sound quality from usb is terrible compared to the hsj. since they seem to use cheap ass dac in majority of devices.

                  that 18:9 is a fail though. 16:9 should be the only standard

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 13 Apr 2018

                    Mitochondria, 13 Apr 2018well you need 120Hz to see the difference buddy, 240fps won... moreAgreed, I would MUCH MUCH rather have a 120hz or 144hz LCD than a 60hz OLED

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 13 Apr 2018

                      Anonymous, 13 Apr 2018So this basically is a 845 with a controller attachment and... moreDidn't you read it through? The mics? The cooling system? The controller? The "Shark" button?

                        AnonD-744321, 13 Apr 2018D:{ stop complaining about the 3.5mm jacks thay are DEAD ... moreYour brain is dead...
                        Headphone jacks are the best if you want a good quality audio. And the space they use is meaningless, just look for some teardowns just how much space it takes. Not putting them is just being lazy and following stupid trends.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 13 Apr 2018

                          Wow, I thought I would only be impressed by the phone, but the thing that impressed me the most was the price.

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                            • AnonD-744321
                            • D9q
                            • 13 Apr 2018

                            AnonD-732843, 13 Apr 2018Nice first try indeed. Nice specs and price but not all... moreD:{
                            stop complaining about the 3.5mm jacks
                            thay are DEAD
                            do you know how much space they take?
                            you can replace them with the USB port
                            any way how often do you charge you phone will listen to music?

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                              • nybreath
                              • T0T
                              • 13 Apr 2018

                              this is the exact reason why chinese copy their designs instead of making their own

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 2SZ
                                • 13 Apr 2018

                                Akinaro, 13 Apr 2018What have size of device to do with simple hardware compone... moreHe/she mistook "laptop-like power system" for laptop level performance, and thus delved into "desktop level SoCs" and how they're too big to fit inside a phone.

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                                  • Tr7
                                  • 13 Apr 2018

                                  Anonymous, 13 Apr 2018Yeah this looks like a nice first try for this brand but no... moreNice first try indeed.

                                  Nice specs and price but not all that hype. Fugly bezels begone.!

                                  Msd slot and stereo speakers should also be standard by now and the 3.5mm jack is also gone? Big NO.

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                                    • AnonD-751812
                                    • t75
                                    • 13 Apr 2018

                                    They didn't promise anything about 120 Hz refresh rate. They only promised the performance of the device for a very affordable price range so snap out of it unless you design your own phone.

                                      AnonD-744321, 13 Apr 2018explain more please any way I have MINECRAFT on may tablet... morewell you need 120Hz to see the difference buddy, 240fps wont do it if the screen is only 60Hz. iPad pro and Rzaer is even smoith looking while non gaming.

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                                        • D9q
                                        • 13 Apr 2018

                                        xXENDER FREAKXx, 13 Apr 2018It is probably going to sell more well than RAZER with thei... moredisagree
                                        XIAOMIs advantage is price to proformence specially on gaming but cameras?
                                        the hardware is great except the EXTREMELLY thin adopter (F number) but the big problem is there in house ISP it is a 2160p focused ISP for them 2160p is SOOOO awesome and MUCH more useful then smooth 1080p (i am talking about the hefty price tag for a 4K monitor) and there slomos are maxout on 120fps 720p which is $HITY just after the MI5s 120fps 1080p BUT then removed the slow mos and smooth videos on mi5s plus then poped out on Redmi NOTE 4 after that XIAOMI add 2160p and sticked to it until now
                                        the $HITY thing is that All the snapdragon 800 series (as I remember) support 60fps on FHD 120 on HD and 30 on 4K until snapdragon 845 came with double the HD speed and double the FHD and double the 4K even ASUS has that (except on 4K) so way the old ISP?
                                        What is EVEN $HITYer is that MI6 removed the 3.5mm jacks to have "splash resistance" will if you covered the USB port you will have FULL water protection