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| Global Score | |
| 74.6 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | |
| Android 10 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2019-11-26 | 2018-04-20 |
| 6.41 x 2.98 x 0.35 inches | 6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 7.27 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| Galaxy black, Icelandic frost, Ocean blue and Sunrise orange | Black, Blue and Gray |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 6 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 399 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| -- | 550 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.44 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4100mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Black Shark has a score of 80.4, which is a bit better than Honor View30 Pro's 74.6 score. Xiaomi Black Shark is an older and a little thicker cellphone than Honor View30 Pro, but Xiaomi could make it just a little bit lighter anyway. Both phones in this review include Android operating system, but the Xiaomi Black Shark has 9.0 Pie version and Honor View30 Pro has Android 10, offering a couple nice extra features and performance tweaks.
Xiaomi Black Shark features a little more vivid screen than Honor View30 Pro, because although it has a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels and a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a bit higher screen pixel density. The Xiaomi Black Shark features a processing unit that is just as good as the processing unit in Honor View30 Pro, both of them have 8 GB of RAM and the same number of cores.
Honor View30 Pro counts with a superior camera than Xiaomi Black Shark, and although they both have the same (4K) video resolution and the same 30 fps video frame rate, the Honor View30 Pro also has a bigger diafragm aperture for better low light photography and videos, a lot bigger sensor providing a lot higher image quality and a lot better 40 megapixels resolution back-facing camera.
Xiaomi Black Shark counts with as much memory capacity to store more apps and games as Honor View30 Pro, they have the same 128 GB internal memory capacity. Honor View30 Pro has a little longer battery life than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has 4100mAh of battery capacity instead of 4000mAh.
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