Xiaomi Unveils Black Shark 2 Pro: Snapdragon 855+, UFS 3.0 Storage

22 Comments

View All Comments

• rocky12345 - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - link

  Looks like a nice phone if you like the flashy look. The price is good as well. The one thing that makes me step back from it maybe is the no 3.5 head phone jack but I am guessing they would include something that allows for that through an adapter from the usb port. If they do I would also hope you could charge the phone while using the adapter or it is kinda useless then. If they do not include something to allow head phones with 2.5 plugs then this is a straight up no go. I have several decent head phones all of which are 3.5 plugs or have USB adaters to connect to the computer through regular USB ports. I have a set of decent blue tooth head phones that work either from blue tooth or 3.5 jack and the audio quality is far better through the 3.5 jack than it is from the blue tooth.

• ZolaIII - Thursday, August 1, 2019 - link

  Buy a DAP (DAC AMP +BT) my recommendation goes to the Shanling M0, if you want more power & "balanced" 2.5 mm jack then go for Shanling M2X.

• ozzuneoj86 - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - link

  What tasks\games actually utilize more than 8GB of RAM on Android? Or even 4GB for that matter? I know phones are getting more and more powerful every year, but at some point it's like buying a GT 730 with 4GB of DDR3... all marketing, and no practical benefit.
  
  Are these phones actually powerful enough to make use of 50% more RAM than an Xbox One X or PS4 Pro?

• jordanclock - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - link

  I certainly make use of the 8GB of RAM on my OP7Pro. It means my apps are hardly ever killed in the background, so multitasking is way faster.

• shabby - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - link

  You're forgetting that part of that memory is dedicated to the gpu, it acts as video memory too.
  My browser is using 400mb of memory now, that's just one app.

• ZolaIII - Thursday, August 1, 2019 - link

  Quait simply no. 8 GB is more than enough. It would be much more beneficial to have faster (true output) with lower latency RAM than more of it. It's actually shameful how ARM SoC's are made regarding RAM usually utilising 2x16 ~ 4x16 bit controller's. HMB would blast things up for a top range of SoC's.

• leo_sk - Monday, August 5, 2019 - link

  Who knows, there maybe people who play pubg with a couple of casual games in background, with some chrome tabs open for hints, while recording their entire gameplay and chatting on whatsapp

• eastcoast_pete - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - link

  While I am not necessarily looking for a gaming phone, if those prices are correct, I would be seriously tempted. Just hope they get the camera right. With an okay camera and this price range, it'll be hard to resist.

• Peter2k - Thursday, August 1, 2019 - link

  Ya know, I'm amused how many people are foaming at Epic Game Store being "owned" by chinese and the supposed privacy concerns
  
  But people hand over, potentially, by using a chinese cell phone
  
  Just a random observation
  
  Btw, my wife hates her Xiaomi, the handling from the UI feels off, and frankly I concur
  
  Shrugs
  Potatoes, potatoes

• chaos215bar2 - Thursday, August 1, 2019 - link

  Certainly there are exceptions, but most of the time when "people" are saying or doing two different things that seem to be fundamentally in opposition to each other, it's because they're not actually the same people.