Xiaomigaming smartphoneLast featured Dec 2018
Xiaomi Black Shark 2
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
A distinctive, powerful gaming phone with great speakers and a good screen, though the UI is a bit much and the bezels are large.
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- Price when I covered it
- £400–900
- Featured in
- 2 videos · 2018–2018
- Category
- Phones · Gaming phones
What I liked
- Loud stereo speakers with good separation
- Good six inch AMOLED display
- Customisable RGB lighting
- Bundled controller feels well built
What I didn't
- 10GB RAM is pointless when the rest of the hardware will be out of date
- Screen to body ratio is poor
- UI is a bit much
- Controller is tricky to use with joystick and buttons together
- Controller needs charging
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“companies like Xiaomi and are starting to add 10 gigabytes of RAM to the gaming phones”
“it's not full-on aggressive like the Asus rogue phone a little subtler a little more refined feeling”
“initial impressions are pretty good for a gaming phone”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
1:40The Problem with (Most) Gaming PhonesMentioned as one of the brands adding 10GB of RAM to gaming phones, which he says is premature.
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0:00Xiaomi Black Shark 2 HELO Unboxing!A distinctive, powerful gaming phone with great speakers and a good screen, though the UI is a bit much and the bezels are large.
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