Xiaomi Launches New Gaming Device : The Black Shark

Leaked Image of Xiaomi Black Shark

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has launched its first gaming smartphone in its home country today. Its called Xiaomi Black Shark, this smartphone boasts of a liquid cooling system, a special button, detachable gamepad and more battery to sustain the vigorous gaming sessions.

Xiaomi Black Shark will go on sale on April 20. As of now, it will only be available in China as nothing has been said about the international availability of the device. Xiaomi Black Shark will comes out two colour options include Polar Night Black or Sky Gray.

In terms of specifications, the Xiaomi Black Shark has a 5.99-inch IPS LCD with full HD+ display of 18:9 aspect ratio, 1080 x 2160p resolution and with coverage of 97% DPI-P3 colour gamut with peak brightness of 550 nits. The smartphone features an "X type smart antenna" and has the dedicated “Shark” button on the left side to directly dive into the gaming mode. Users can also buy a Black Shark Gamepad to further enhance the gaming experience.

The latest Xiaomi device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset with Adreno 630 GPU. The liquid cooling system is said to work in a multi-stage setup and bring the temperature down to 8-degree Celsius. For camera section, it has a dual-rear camera setup with a 20-megapixel sensor and a 12-megapixel sensor of f/1.75 aperture each. On the front, users get a 20-megapixel sensor with f/2.2 aperture. The phone bring out Android Oreo, topped with JOY UI, which is a custom launcher that shares some of its apps with Xiaomi's MIUI. The smartphone comes in two storage options -- 6GB + 64GB and 8GB + 128GB. Backed by a 4000mAh battery, the Xiaomi Black Shark offers 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, AGPS, and GLONASS. So this phone is really a big surprise from Gamers.