Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro Unveiled: 90Hz display and physical shoulder buttons

The Black Shark 3 and 3 Pro have been unveiled by Xiaomi and yes, they’re still a pretty powerful but of course, they have some cool gaming-centric features on the smartphone including a 90Hz display and also the pop-up shoulder buttons which are really helpful when playing FPS games on the smartphone.

There are two smartphones in the Black Shark 3 series — the 3 and the 3 Pro but first, let’s talk about the Black Shark 3

Black Shark 3

The Black Shark 3 features a smaller 6.67-inch FHD+ display without the pop-up trigger. This one also features a 4720mAh battery with up to 12GB RAM and256GB of internal storage. The smartphone also features a 3.5mm headphone jack so yeah, you can play all day with your earphones.

Inside, we still have the Snapdragon 865 processor and of course, an LPDDR4X RAM. The smartphone also comes with 64MP main camera and 13MP ultra wide-angle and also a 5MP depth sensor with a 20MP selfie camera.

As expected, the display will still have a 90Hz refresh rate with 270Hz touch response and of course, there will be a liquid cooling system inside this smartphone.

The smartphone comes in three colors — Lightning Black, Armor Gray, and Star Silver.

Black Shark 3 Specs

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Processor
• 6.7-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display, 270Hz touch response, 90Hz refresh rate
• 8GB/12GB RAM
• 128GB/256GB expandable storage
• 64MP main camera + 13MP ultra wide-angle + 5MP depth sensor
• 20MP front-facing camera
• LTE, 5G
• In-display fingerprint scanner
• 65W Charging, 18W magnetic charging
• Liquid Cooler
• capacitive shoulder buttons
• 4720mAh battery
• Android 10

Black Shark 3 Pro

It’s the best of the two smartphones and it comes with a larger display at 7.1-inch and also a Quad HD+ resolution on the AMOLED display of the smartphone and of course, we still have here the 90Hz refresh rate with 270Hz touch response.

The battery of the smartphone is also pretty big at 5000mAh and oh, we now have a pop-up physical button on the smartphone that can help you in FPS games. If you’re worried about the large battery, the smartphone comes with 65W fast charging that can fully charge the smartphone in just 38 minutes and in case you’re playing, there’s a magnetic charger that you can stick at the back so you can play on the smartphone and also charge it.

Black Shark 3 Pro Specs

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Processor
• 7.1-inch Quad HD+ AMOLED display, 270Hz touch response, 90Hz refresh rate
• 8GB LPDDR4x/12GB LPDDR 5RAM
• 256GB expandable storage
• 64MP main camera + 13MP ultra wide-angle + 5MP depth sensor
• 20MP front facing camera
• LTE, 5G
• In-display fingerprint scanner
• 65W Charging, 18W magnetic charging
• Liquid Cooler
• Physical shoulder buttons
• 5000mAh battery
• Android 10

Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro Price

• Black Shark 3 8GB/128GB – CNY 3499 (Php25,442~)
• Black Shark 3 12GB/128GB – CNY 3799 (Php27,623~)
• Black Shark 3 12GB/256GB – CNY 3999 (Php29,078~)
• Black Shark 3 Pro 8GB/256GB – CNY 4699 (Php34,168~)
• Black Shark 3 Pro 12GB/256GB – CNY 4999 (Php36,349~)