Why you can trust TechRadarWe spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best.Find out more about how we test. Battery life With its 4,000mAh of battery, the Black Shark 2 has a hefty cell inside, and paired with its efficient AMOLED screen tech and well-reviewed Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, things are looking good. Indeed, 90 minutes of Full HD video playback at maximum brightness drained just 8% battery power....
Why you can trust TechRadarWe spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best.Find out more about how we test. Interface The Black Shark 2 runs Android 9, and just like the original Black Shark, the UI is a very clean, stock-looking take on Google’s OS, but this time around, everything’s that bit more stable. Primarily, there are home screens that can be populated with app shortcuts and widgets....
Why you can trust TechRadarWe spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best.Find out more about how we test. Verdict The Black Shark 2 definitely isn’t flawless. Its occasional screen responsiveness issues and the lack of NFC hold it back from all-round excellence. What it does deliver though is a big, powerful bite at an affordable price. Specifically, if you’re a gamer who wants flagship power without the $1,000/£800+ price tag, Xiaomi’s latest gaming phone beats out theRazer Phone 2and is more powerful than theAsus ROG Phone....
TechRadar Verdict Combining a great camera, excellent internals and improved gaming credentials over the original, the Black Shark 2 is a triple threat that betters most of its gaming phone rivals. It’s lumbered with a handful of instabilities and quirks, but even with those accounted for, the bang for buck it delivers is off the chart. Affordable Snapdragon 855 phone Plenty of storage options Punchy AMOLED screen No NFC No IP rating...
Why you can trust TechRadarWe spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best.Find out more about how we test. Black Shark 2 Pro As well as testing out the Black Shark 2, we got hands-on with the Black Shark 2 Pro, which was released several months afterwards. It’s hardly a big upgrade on the older phone, with only two key differences (and a very minor one), but one of those changes might be enough to sway you....
Black Shark 3 could be the first phone with 16GB of RAM But more are sure to follow before too long When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The most RAM you can get in a smartphone right now is 12GB, but that could soon change, as the BlackShark3 gaming phone from Xiaomi is rumored to boost that spec to 16GB....
Buying a new PC is the answer to Windows 7 upgrade headaches, says Microsoft Businesses should buy new machines rather than upgrade existing Windows 7 PCs to Windows 10 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Windows 7is about to hit end-of-life, andMicrosoft’s advice for businesses still running machines with this OS is that it’s likely a better course of action to buy entirely new PCs, rather than upgrade existing ones toWindows 10....
