Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro

Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro
Brand: Xiaomi
Category: Mobiles
  • SoC: Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm)
  • RAM: 8 GB/ 12 GB/ 16 GB
  • Storage: 256GB / 512GB
  • Display: OLED
  • Camera: 108MP, 13 MP, 5 MP/ 16MP
  • OS: Android 12

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

8 4.0 1
  • Performance 8 / 10
  • Display 8 / 10
  • Design 8 / 10
  • Software 8 / 10
  • Camera 8 / 10
  • Battery 8 / 10
  • Value For Money 8 / 10

Recently, Xiaomi announced its new flagship smartphone with the name Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro in the market. It comes with high-end features that give users the best user quality and an amazing display. The Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro is available in two colors which are Black and White. Besides this, the device is available in the market at a price of around $666 which can be 50,810.47 in Indian Rupees. 

Let’s discuss the Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro more in detail:

As we already know that Xiaomi added plenty of big changes including changes in design, displays, software, and so on. The Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro handset comes with 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2 OLED display with ~85.7% screen-to-body ratio. The display produces a crisp quality image, reduces smear, and protects eyes with low blue light. It offers a 144Hz refresh rate, 1B colors, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 900 nits (typ), and 1200 nits (HBM) display brightness. It has a display resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels with a 20:9 aspect ratio while having a pixel density of 395 PPI.

The dimension of the phone measures 163.9 x 76.5 x 9.5 mm (6.45 x 3.01 x 0.37 in) and weighs around 220 g (7.76 oz). The display is well protected with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5 on the front side as well the back also. The device is IP53 rated protecting from dust and water splashes.

The Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro device supports Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). It boots Joy UI 13 based on Android 12. It is powered by Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm) chipset coupled with an Octa-core (1×3.00 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3×2.40 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4×1.70 GHz Cortex-A510) processor. Also, it supports Adreno 730 GPU. Moreover, it comes in two different storage patterns – 256 GB of UFS 3.1/NVMe SSD internal storage with 8 GB/ 12 GB RAM, and 512 GB of UFS 3.1/NVMe SSD internal memory with 16GB RAM.

As far as the camera is concerned, the Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro packs a triple camera module consisting primary camera of 108 MP (wide) with f/1.8 aperture, a 13MP (ultrawide) camera, and a 5 MP (telephoto macro). Furthermore, the primary camera is capable of recording videos at 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 1080p@960fps; HDR10+, and gyro-EIS videos. It holds up LED flash, HDR, panorama, PDAF, and AF features.

The selfie camera is 16 MP (wide) with f/2.5 aperture which can record at 1080p@30fps offers HDR, and Autofocus video capability. The Black Shark 5 Pro flagship device consists of Li-Po 4650 mAh capacity non-removable battery. Apart from this, the device carries fast charging with 120W which gives 100% battery level up in just 15 min (advertised) which is quite superb.

Sensors on the phone:

  • Fingerprint (under display, optical),
  • Accelerometer sensor,
  • Gyro sensor,
  • Barometer sensor,
  • Proximity sensor, and
  • Compass sensor.

Connectivity options include:

  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot,
  • Bluetooth- 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive,
  • GPS- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC,
  • NFC- Yes (market/region dependent),
  • FM Radio- No
  • 3.5mm headphone jack- No (24-bit/192kHz audio),
  • Loudspeaker- Yes, with stereo speakers, and
  • USB- USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go.

Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Pro - 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
    OLED Display
  • Dimensions
    163.9 x 76.5 x 9.5 mm (6.45 x 3.01 x 0.37 in)
  • Weight
    220 g (7.76 oz)
  • Waterproof
    Splash and dust resistant
  • Colors
    Black, and White
  • 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.
    Standard SIM

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)
    OLED Display
  • 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, 1B colors, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 900 nits (typ), and 1200 nits (HBM) display brightness

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 13

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 SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 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 (1x3.00 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.40 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.70 GHz Cortex-A510)
  • 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 730
  • 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/ 12 GB/ 16 GB
  • 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.
    256GB / 512GB
  • Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.
    No
  • 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 (under display, optical),
    Accelerometer sensor,
    Gyro sensor,
    Barometer 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.
    108 MP
  • Ultrawide
    13 MP
  • Depth
    5 MP
  • Video
    4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 1080p@960fps; HDR10+
  • Camera Features
    LED flash, HDR, panorama, PDAF, AF
  • Selfie Camera
    16 MP

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.
    4650 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