Xiaomi Black Shark 5 RS

Brand: Xiaomi
Category: Mobiles
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SoC: Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888/888+ 5G (5 nm)
RAM: 8GB/ 12GB RAM
Storage: 256GB
Display: AMOLED
Camera: 64 MP, 8 MP, 5 MP/ 20 MP
OS: Android 12

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Performance 9 / 10
Display 8 / 10
Design 8 / 10
Software 8 / 10
Camera 9 / 10
Battery 8 / 10
Value For Money 8 / 10

A couple of days ago, Xiaomi announced its smartphone device which becomes so popular in all tech news these days with the name Xiaomi Black Shark 5 RS. Besides this, the company offers stunning premium features that give users the best user interface and an amazing display.

As we already know that Xiaomi added plenty of big changes to their device including designs, displays, software, and so on. So, this device is also available in two different variants such as Black, and Yellow in the market with a range of around 470 EUR (38,788.61 in Indian Rupees).

Some more specifications of the Xiaomi Black Shark 5 RS in detail:

This phone comes at 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm² (~86.1% screen-to-body ratio), and has using AMOLED touchscreen. It gives you a delicate picture, reduces smear, and low blue light, and the screen is smooth for eye protection. It supports a 144Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak) display brightness, and a 240Hz touch sampling rate in Game Mode. The Black Shark 5 RS has a display resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels with a 20:9 aspect ratio while having a pixel density of 395 PPI.

Safeguarding the build, this device is protected with a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on the front side as well as backside also an aluminum frame makes the device powerful and solid. The dimension of the phone measures 163.7 x 76.2 x 9.9 mm (6.44 x 3.00 x 0.39 in) and weighs around 220 g (7.76 oz). It supports Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). The Black Shark 5 RS boots Joy UI 12.8 based on Android 12. The Xiaomi Black Shark 5 RS is powered by Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888/888+ 5G (5 nm) chipset coupling as Octa-core (1×2.84/3.0 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680) processor. It supports Adreno 660 GPU.

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The phone is available in two different RAMs which are 8 GB RAM with Snapdragon 888 and 12 GB RAM with Snapdragon 888+. Apart from this, both RAMs hold 256 GB of internal memory of UFS 3.1/SS which can not be expandable.

As far as the camera is concerned, the Black Shark 5 RS packs a triple cameras module as a primary camera of 64 MP (wide) with f/1.8 aperture, 8 MP (ultrawide), and 5 MP (telephoto macro) with f/2.4 aperture shooter lens. Furthermore, the primary camera is capable of 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 1080p@960fps; HDR10+, stereo sound rec., and gyro-EIS videos. The device has LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama, PDAF, OIS, and Super Steady video features.

Another side, the selfie camera consists of 20 MP, with an f/1.9 aperture. Moreover, it is capable of 1080p@30fps, Dual video calls, Auto-HDR, and Pixel PDAF videos. The Xiaomi Black Shark 5 RS device consists of Li-Po 4500 mAh capacity non-removable battery. The phone has a 120W fast charging which gives 100% battery level up in just 15 min (advertised).

Sensors on the phone:

Fingerprint (side-mounted),
Accelerometer sensor,
Virtual Proximity sensor,
Gyro sensor,
Barometer sensor,
Light Sensor
Proximity sensor, and
Compass sensor.

Connectivity options include:

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot,
Bluetooth- 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive,
GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS,
NFC,
3.5mm headphones jack- Yes (24-bit/192kHz audio),
Loudspeaker with stereo speakers, and
USB- USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go.

Xiaomi Black Shark 5 RS - Specs

Network

5G Network
4G Network
3G Network
2G Network

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.

Bar
Build

AMOLED
Dimensions

163.7 x 76.2 x 9.9 mm (6.44 x 3.00 x 0.39 in)
Weight

220 g (7.76 oz)
Waterproof

Splash and dust resistant
Colors

Black, and Yellow
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)

AMOLED
Size

6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2
Resolution

1080 x 2400 pixels
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.

1B colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.

395 ppi
Touch Screen

Yes, up to 10 fingers
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features

144Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak) display brightness, and a 240Hz touch sampling rate in Game Mode.

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.

Android 12
Skin UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.

Joy UI 12.8

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888/888+ 5G (5 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.

Octa-core (1x2.84/3.0 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.

Adreno 660
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.

8 GB/ 12GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.

256 GB
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.

Fingerprint (side-mounted),
Accelerometer sensor,
Virtual Proximity sensor,
Gyro sensor,
Barometer sensor,
Light Sensor
Proximity sensor, and
Compass sensor.

Camera

Primary Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.

64 MP
Ultrawide

8 MP
Depth

5 MP
Video

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps; gyro-EIS; HDR, 10‑bit video
Camera Features

LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama, PDAF, OIS, and Super Steady video features.
Selfie Camera

20MP

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.

Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions.

4500 mAh
Fast Charging

Fast charging 120W, 100% in 15 min (advertised)

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.

5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Infrared Infrared connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range.
USB

USB Type-C 2.0
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
Headphone Jack