Xiaomi Black Shark 3 and Shark 3 Pro Features, Price and Release Date

After many rumors and official teasers, Xiaomi finally introduces to the Chinese market the new pair of smartphone gamer: the Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro, offering more resources for players than ever before.


The smartphones have small differences between them, being visible especially to the sizes since one has a screen of 6.67 inches and the other has a massive screen of 7.1 inches. Despite this detail, both offer the same screen experience, hardware, and fast-charging power so that players are always plugged in for the shortest possible time.


Among new dedicated accessories and exclusive features aimed at expanding the game play experience, such as the 90 Hz display and triggers integrated into the smartphone body, these could be one of the most powerful phones of the year. Check out all the details!

Black Shark 3

The new Black Shark 3 presents an evolution of the design of the previous generation by merging robust and characteristic elements, now giving its own and simpler vision. The rear cover features a set of three cameras in a triangular module that is mirrored in the lower region of the rear, presenting a stylish and very symmetrical design.


The pair's simplest model, Black Shark 3, offers the same extremely powerful hardware as the Pro version, which includes a 90 Hz screen with OLED panel and support for HDR10 + content. It also has the Snapdragon 865 platform with up to 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, in addition to offering powerful 65W wired fast charging, allowing the smartphone to reach 50% capacity in just 12 minutes and be fully recharged in just 38 minutes.

With a very similar design between both devices, it is possible to differentiate them immediately from the rear if you are not seeing both in the same image. While the Black Shark 3 has the same colors on the body except for the brand green, the Black Shark 3 Pro is distinguished by the frame in the regions of the camera and the magnetic connector.

Another differential that arrives for both models is the triggers integrated into the body of the smartphones, offering a much broader experience to the players to facilitate the game play with a smartphone.

Key Features

• 6.67-inch OLED screen with Full HD + resolution (2400 x 1080 pixels)
• Notched panel with 90 Hz ratio and 19.5: 9 ratio
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset
• Eight-core processor with speeds up to 2.84 GHz
• Adreno 650 GPU with MEMC chip for frame rate interpolation
• 8 GB and 12 GB of internal memory
• 128 GB and 256 GB of UFS 3.0 internal storage
• 20 MP front camera
• Three rear cameras: 64 MP main sensor + 13 MP sensor with a wide-angle lens + 5 MP sensor for depth of field data
• 5G connectivity, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5
• Dedicated triggers to facilitate game play
• Headphone jack with Hi-Res audio support
• 4,720 mAh battery with 65W fast charging

Black Shark 3 Pro

The Black Shark 3 Pro has some slight improvements over the most basic and equally powerful model in the line. The screen gains a leap in size, now presenting no less than 7.1 inches, being one of the largest smartphones on the market today and, once again, proving its great commitment to displaying content to players.


The display resolution jumps to Quad HD, maintaining the 90 Hz ratio and 19.5: 9 ratio, just as the chipset does not change its structure. The device can be found in variants with 8 GB and 12 GB of RAM, but with a single option of 256 GB of storage.

The set of three rear cameras remains unchanged, as well as the 20 MP front camera and other details like 5G connectivity, Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0.

Another change made by Xiaomi in the Pro model is for the battery, which gains more space with the larger size of the smartphone and includes a 5,000 mAh cell in its body. The power of fast charging remains the same: powerful 65W.

Key Features

• 7.1 inch OLED screen with Quad HD + resolution (3120 x 1440 pixels)
• Notched panel with 90 Hz ratio and 19.5: 9 ratio
• Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• Eight-core processor with speeds up to 2.84 GHz
• Adreno 650 GPU with MEMC chip for frame rate interpolation
• 8 GB and 12 GB of internal memory
• 256 GB of UFS 3.0 internal storage
• 20 MP front camera
• Three rear cameras: 64 MP main sensor + 13 MP sensor with a wide-angle lens + 5 MP sensor for depth of field data
• 5G connectivity, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5
• Dedicated triggers to facilitate gameplay
• Headphone jack with Hi-Res audio support
• 5,000 mAh battery with 65W fast charge

Price and Release Date

The new Black Shark 3 was presented exclusively in the Chinese market, which means that at least for now there is no forecast for the launch of smartphone gamer in other parts of the world. The Black Shark 3 arrives in pink, silver, gray and black, while the Black Shark 3 Pro will be available in gray with blue details and black with green details.

The pre-sale of the Black Shark 3 starts this week, on March 6th, Friday, while the Black Shark 3 Pro will have the pre-sale started on March 10th, with availability on the market from the 17th Check below the price of the different models of the gamer line.

• 8 GB + 128 GB Black Shark 3 for 3,499 yuan (502 $)
• 12 GB + 128 GB Black Shark 3 for 3,799 yuan (545 $)
• 12 GB + 256 GB Black Shark 3 for 3,999 yuan (574 $)
• 8 GB + 256 GB Black Shark 3 Pro for 4,699 yuan (675 $)
• 12 GB + 256 GB Black Shark 3 Pro for 4,999 yuan (718 $)