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| Global Score | |
| 86.6 | 87.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Apple |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-05-08 | 2017-09-22 |
| 6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches | 6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.83 ounces | 7.13 ounces |
| Armor gray, Lightning black and Star silver | Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 949.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 393 pixels per inch | 401 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset | Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset |
| Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 650 GPU | Apple 3-core GPU GPU |
| 9.63 | 10.17 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.33 inches (1/3") 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 | 10.12 |
| 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 |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4720mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 2691mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.56 | 4.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone 8 Plus is a bit better than the Xiaomi Black Shark 3, with a global score of 87.1 against 86.6. Apple iPhone 8 Plus's body is just a bit lighter and noticeably thinner than the Xiaomi Black Shark 3, despite of the fact that it was released many years before. The Apple iPhone 8 Plus counts with a slightly better display than Xiaomi Black Shark 3, because although it has a quite smaller screen and a little bit worse resolution of 1080 x 1920px, it also counts with a just a bit higher display pixels density.
The Apple iPhone 8 Plus features a bit better hardware performance than Xiaomi Black Shark 3, because although it has lesser RAM memory and an inferior number of cores and they are also slower, it also counts with a 64-bit processor. Xiaomi Black Shark 3 counts with a much better camera than Apple iPhone 8 Plus, and although they both have the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, a F1.8 diafragm aperture and the same 60 fps video frame rates, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has a back facing camera with much more MP and a way bigger back camera sensor taking more light and vivid colors.
The Apple iPhone 8 Plus features a much better memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Xiaomi Black Shark 3, because it has 256 GB internal storage. Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a really longer battery lifetime than iPhone 8 Plus, because it has a 4720mAh battery size instead of 2691mAh.
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