Xiaomi Black Shark 2 now official

Xiaomi has announced its third gaming smartphone today called the Black Shark 2 with improved specs and features.

The gaming phone’s design is not that far away from its predecessor which means that the company mainly focused on improving the performance of the device. It includes a pressure sensitive 6.39-inch AMOLED display in which measures how hard a user presses on the screen to provide various effects when playing. It also sports the latest Snapdragon 855 chipset along with a 6GB, 8GB, or 12GB of RAM options. Powering its camera is a 48MP and 12MP dual rear shooters while the front comes with a 20MP lens. The Black Shark 2 also features an in-display fingerprint scanner, RGB lighting strips, a vapor chamber cooling system, and a 4,000mAh battery with 27W (from 18W) fast charging.

Xiaomi Black Shark 2 specs:

• 6.39-inch FHD+ Pressure Sensitive AMOLED display @ 2340 x 1080px
• 43.5ms latency
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 2.84GHz octa-core
• Adreno 640
• 6GB/8GB/12GB RAM
• 128GB/256GB storage
• Dual-nano SIM card slots
• 48MP f/1.75 + 12MP f/2.2 dual rear cameras
• 20MP f/2.0 front camera
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
• 4×4 MIMO
• 4G LTE
• In-display Fingerprint scanner
• Face Unlock
• RGB lighting strips
• Vapor Chamber cooling system (Liquid Cooling 3.0)
• Stereo control
• USB Type-C
• Black Shark OS (Android 9 Pie)
• 4,000mAh battery w/ 27W fast charging
• Shadow Black
• Frozen Silver
• Mirage Blue

Here are the prices of each variant:

• 6GB + 128GB – CNY 3,199PHP 25,787USD 440INR 37,245EUR 418 (~PHP 25,137USD 428INR 36,313EUR 408CNY 3,120)
• 8GB + 128GB – CNY 3,499PHP 28,205USD 481INR 40,738EUR 458 (~PHP 27,495USD 469INR 39,719EUR 446CNY 3,412)
• 8GB + 256GB – CNY 3,799PHP 30,623USD 522INR 44,231EUR 497 (~PHP 29,852USD 509INR 43,124EUR 484CNY 3,705)
• 12GB + 256GB – CNY 4,199PHP 33,848USD 577INR 48,888EUR 549 (~PHP 32,995USD 562INR 47,665EUR 536CNY 4,095)