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 3,199 (~PHP 25,137)
• 8GB + 128GB – CNY 3,499 (~PHP 27,495)
• 8GB + 256GB – CNY 3,799 (~PHP 29,852)
• 12GB + 256GB – CNY 4,199 (~PHP 32,995)