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| Global Score | |
| 86.6 | 85.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Apple |
| Android 10 | iOS 15.x, 14.x, 13.x |
| 2020-05-08 | 2019-09-20 |
| 6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches | 6.22 x 3.06 x 0.32 inches |
| 7.83 ounces | 7.97 ounces |
| Armor gray, Lightning black and Star silver | Gold, Midnight green, Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Glass and Stainless steel |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 1099.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2688 x 1242 pixels |
| OLED | OLED |
| 393 pixels per inch | 456 pixels per inch |
| -- | 800 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset | Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset |
| Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 650 GPU | Apple-designed 4 core GPU |
| 9.63 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 12.43 | 10.23 |
| 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 | |
| 4720mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3969mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.56 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 is just a bit better than iPhone 11 Pro Max, with an 86.6 score against 85.3. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 works with Android 10 OS, and iPhone 11 Pro Max counts with iOS 15.x OS. Xiaomi Black Shark 3's design is thicker but a little bit lighter than the iPhone 11 Pro Max, and both of them were released only a couple months apart.
The Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max features a much better looking screen than Xiaomi Black Shark 3, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a just a little greater screen density and a quite better resolution of 1242 x 2688px. IPhone 11 Pro Max counts with a bit more powerful CPU than Xiaomi Black Shark 3, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and a lower number of slower cores, it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit.
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 features a very superior camera than iPhone 11 Pro Max, and although they both have the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, a F1.8 camera aperture and the same video frame rate, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has a lot higher 64 MP resolution back-facing camera and a lot larger sensor capturing way higher quality photographs and videos.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 counts with a lot bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPhone 11 Pro Max, because it has 128 GB internal memory. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has better battery performance than iPhone 11 Pro Max, because it has 4720mAh of battery capacity.
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