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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | |
| Android 12 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2023-07-11 | 2018-04-20 |
| 6.38 x 3.01 x 0.34 inches | 6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 7.10 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| -- | Black, Blue and Gray |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 6 inches |
| 2412 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 394 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| 1000 cd/m2 brightness | 550 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SM8475 (4 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| 64-bit (Octa-Core 3200 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 730 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.81 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 24.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.99 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 9.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4700mAh Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.56 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | 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
Xiaomi Black Shark is slightly better than the Nothing Phone (2), with an 80.4 score against 75.6. Xiaomi Black Shark's body is a bit lighter than Nothing Phone (2), although it's a bit thicker and was released 5 years before. Both phones in our current comparison work with Android OS (operating system), but the Xiaomi Black Shark has newer 9.0 Pie version and Nothing Phone (2) has Android 12.
Nothing Phone (2) features a bit faster processing unit than Xiaomi Black Shark. They have a Octa-Core processing unit and a 8 GB RAM memory. The Nothing Phone (2) features a bit more vivid screen than Xiaomi Black Shark, because although it has a just a bit worse screen pixels density, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1080 x 2412px, a quite bigger display and a way brighter screen.
The Nothing Phone (2) captures much clearer pictures and videos than Xiaomi Black Shark, because although it has a smaller aperture which is not nice for shooting images in low-light environments, and they both have the same (4K) video resolution, the Nothing Phone (2) also counts with a much more mega pixels back-facing camera, a much larger sensor shooting much higher quality videos and pictures and higher 60 frames per second video frame rates.
Xiaomi Black Shark's storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos is just as good as the Nothing Phone (2) one, both have equal 128 GB internal memory capacity. The Nothing Phone (2) has better battery performance than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has a 4700mAh battery capacity.
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