Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Xiaomi’s child brand, Black Shark, has now announced its gaming-centric smartphone in China, dubbed as the Black Shark Gaming Smartphone. The device will take on the likes of the Razer Phone, which was the only gaming-centred device until now. The Black Shark phone comes with high-end hardware along with a dedicated gamepad controller, which works via Bluetooth. Black Shark also tweaked the interface in the smartphone to deliver a good gaming experience. Xiaomi is also betting big on the camera features on this device as it rocks dual rear camera setup.

Talking about the features of the smartphone, the Black Shark smartphone comes with a 5.99-inch display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The device draws the power from Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC and 8GB of RAM. The device scored a whopping 279464 on the AnTuTu benchmark, which is higher than the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S that was launched late last month. The company has also added a water cooling system to keep the device stay during intensive gaming sessions. The device is said to offer five hours of battery life even with intensive gaming. Storage in the smartphone is 128GB, and there isn’t a 256GB variant as it was rumoured earlier.
The smartphone also comes with a 6GB RAM and 64GB storage option. The memory is UFS 2.1 one model with dual channel transfer rates delivering read & write speeds of 1.5Gbps at the same time.
The fingerprint scanner is placed below the display; The Black Shark phone features rounded corners, unlike the box design as Razer phone to offer good in-hand feel while playing. The phone measures 190grams in weight and has a thickness of 9.25mm.
