Black Shark 3S

Black Shark 3s is a gaming-centric smartphone from the house of Xiaomi. This Xiaomi Black Shark 3s sits alongside its siblings Black Shark 3 and the Black Shark 3 Pro. The phone is fitted with a long 7.1-inch AMOLED display with QHD(1440x3120) resolution. For photography, a 64MP triple-rear camera setup is placed and a 20MP selfie snapper.

Under the hood, Xiaomi Black Shark 3s has Qualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon 865+ SoC coupled with 8GB RAM and 256GB of onboard storage. Xiaomi-backed Black Shark is directly aimed at the existing brands Asus ROG, Razer phone, and Nubia Red Magic. Let’s analyze Black Shark 3s in detail and see if it can take a stand against its other competitors.

Display and Design

Black Shark 3s comes fitted with a tall 7.1-inches color AMOLED display. The panel has QHD resolution with a pixel density of 484PPI. You may expect the visuals on the display to be sharp and clear. For biometrics security, the phone features an in-display fingerprint sensor and face lock. The panel is HDR10+ supported with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Also, the display refreshes at 90Hz in decent screen size that may assist in smooth scrolling and gaming.

Black Shark 3s have robust build quality and polycarbonate plastic finish at the back panel. The rear side of the phone sports a gaming look. On the front, the display has minimum bezels around with a protective layer of Gorilla Glass 5. The phone has 177mm of height and has 10.1mm of thickness which is reasonable but looks bulkier though. Also, the phone tips the bar at 253grams, buyers may feel it a bit weighty while holding it for too long.

Configuration and Camera

Black Shark 3s runs on the Android 10 (Pie) operating system. Under the hood, Xiaomi Black Shark 3s houses Qualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon 865+ with 8-performance cores that clocks at a speed of 3.09GHz. For the background tasks and fast performance, 8GB of RAM looks after the aspects while Adreno 650 GPU renders the graphic performance for the demanding applications and games. Also, the Adreno 650 GPU offers a 25% improved performance over the Adreno 640. User-friendly sensors like, Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass are also present.

Black Shark 3s sports a 64MP triple rear camera setup. The main 64MP(f/1.8) camera is followed by a 13MP of an ultra-wide camera and a 5MP depth sensor with autofocus. You can sort out decent-level photography from this phone. Also, the rear cameras can record UHD 4K videos @30FPS. As far as the selfies are concerned, a 20MP camera lives inside the notch, also, you can record up to 1080p videos at 30FPS.

Battery and Storage

Black Shark 3s is backed by a big 5,000mAh battery and supports a 65W fast charger out of the box. Judging by the battery size the phone may run throughout the day. Also, with the help of the fast charger, gamers won’t have to wait long to get back in the game again.

Black Shark 3s have a huge 256GB of inbuilt storage capacity, which is quite enough to fulfill the need for your games and apps. A reminder, Black Shark 3s lacks an extra card-slot.

Connectivity

Black Shark 3 has the usual sets of connectivity options that include 3G, 4G VoLTE that enables HD voice calls and video calls on the supported Jio networks, WiFi, Bluetooth 5, USB v2.0 with Type C port. For online navigation, constellations like GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, and BDS are supported.