Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Xiaomi Black Shark 5 - accessible and futuristic

Building a gaming smartphone is no easy task. In addition to top-end performance, such a product should even design testify to its direction and at the same time not resemble a child's toy. The specialists of the Chinese company Xiaomi tried to do everything in their power to be loved by both fans of Android games and every electronics lover.

The appearance of the novelty has changed somewhat. The design of the photomodules has retained familiar features, but the display has almost completely lost its frames, the selfie camera eye in the upper left eye has also decreased in size. Bright colors of glass and metal cases make the phone stand out against the background of monotonous counterparts. Gamers will also appreciate the touch keys on the side. The 6.67-inch AMOLED screen is endowed with a decent FullHD + resolution, but its main feature is a fantastic refresh rate of 144 hertz . Thus, a rich contrast picture will also surprise you with amazing smoothness. It should also be noted that the responsive fingerprint scanner on the side, rarely annoying errors.

The technical characteristics of the phablet are the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor, 8GB / 12GB of RAM and the Adreno 650 graphics adapter. The bundle is incredibly productive, but at the same time quite “hot”. The developer actually dealt with the last problem thanks to a good passive cooling system. The maximum graphics settings are open to any application. The amount of internal storage varies from 128 to 256GB depending on the version of the gadget. Loud stereo speakers are also designed to multiply the positive impressions of games.

The quartet of main cameras is headed by a 64-megapixel sensor. The photographic capabilities of the device cannot be called its strength due to the lack of optical stabilization, however, even evening shots are not deprived of detail and natural color reproduction, even if there are noises on them. The battery capacity has been increased to 4650mAh with fast charging at 120W . For ten hours of active screen time, you won’t have to think about power banks or sockets. The long-awaited NFC contactless payments in the series, support for 5G networks and the optimization of the MIUI shell are other reasons to look at an extraordinary device.