We love how most of the gaming phones come with flagship-class hardware and the fastest gaming experience at a fairly budget price. For people with a small low-cost seeking the suitable functionality in terms of speed, frame rate, and reactivity, they are the among most alternatives. Xiaomi Black Shark 2 is the latest gaming phone out there and it comes with one of the most impressive hardware departments you could ever anticipate on a mobile phone. In this article, we compared it with the best gaming phones from other phones manufacturers which are sold in the similar price tag range: the recent Vivo iQOO and the Nubia Red Magic Mars which week ago hit even the European market.
Design
Usually, phones dedicated to gamers also come with a gaming-centric design that consists of aggressive lines and a special watch. Sadly, that is the farthest thing from an elegant design. That is why I would choose the Vivo iQOO from this trio: here, it is the only gaming-centric smartphone to arrive with an elegant and flagship-like design. It has a stunning and clean glass back with gradient colors, as effectively as a screen with a Quite high screen-to-body ratio, a compact waterdrop notch, and an in-display fingerprint reader. But if you are a gaming-addicted and you prefer a gaming-centric design, Nubia Red Magic Mars could surprise you with its RGB LED strip on the rear side and that is the exactly with the RGB LEDs found on the Black Shark 2.
Display
On the paper, Xiaomi Black Shark 2 has the most convincing display as nicely as the most suitable one for gaming. It is an AMOLED display with 100 percent of DCI-P3 coverage, the fastest response time ever seen on a phone panel, and brilliant color reproduction. The not so thinner bezels around the panel need to help to deliver a solid grip making it more best for long gaming sessions. On the additional hand, some may find the Nubia Red Magic Mars much more delicate due to its shorter and bigger 18:9 aspect ratio.
Xiaomi Black Shark 2 vs Vivo iQOO vs Nubia Red Magic Mars: Specs Comparison
Nubia Red Magic Mars loses the hardware comparison due to a lower-end chipset and less impressive storage configurations. It will be a hard fight between Xiaomi Black Shark and Vivo iQOO: they both come with the perfect Qualcomm’s chipset for 2019. We are talking about the Snapdragon 855, paired with up to 12 GB of RAM, something insane! Xiaomi Black Shark 2 has a very efficient liquid cooling system and its screen will moreover deliver a Quite low latency thanks to the 43,5 ms response rate, although Vivo iQOO arrives with several technologies what improve gaming performance, connection reliability and cooling.
Digital camera
It might seem odd for a gaming cameraphone, however Xiaomi Black Shark 2 even comes with an impressive camera department, so it wins the digital camera comparison. It has an remarkable dual digital camera with a 48 MP main camera sensor and a secondary telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom. It could record video in 4K resolution and it even has a superb 20 MP selfie camera. The second place in the ranking goes to the Vivo iQOO with its dual digital camera such as an ultrawide lens.
Battery
All of those gadgets arrive with a massive battery, however the one of the Red Magic Mars is slightly smaller. Thanks to their higher capacity, their efficient parts and their AMOLED displays, Xiaomi Black Shark 2 and Vivo iQOO should Supply a longer battery life and they must last much more or fewer the exact in a lot of outlines, but software optimization (that we have to test) will play an major role in regards to the battery life. I would go for the Vivo iQOO for its faster charging technology: it could reach 50% in just 15 mins and 100% in just 45 mins!
Price
Xiaomi Black Shark 2’s starting price tag is €450, even though Vivo iQOO and Nubia Red Magic Mars price tag about €400 and €420, respectively. At the close of the working day, Xiaomi Black Shark 2 seems to be the most impressive product due to its improved cameras, stereo speakers and outstanding hardware department, even though few might prefer the Vivo iQOO thanks to its far more elegant design.
Xiaomi Black Shark 2 vs Vivo iQOO vs Nubia Red Magic Mars: PROs and CONS
Nubia Red Magic Mars
PROs
Physical keys on the back
RGB lights
Inexpensive price
Wide availability
CONS
Smaller battery
Xiaomi Black Shark 2
PROs
Nice screen
Excellent hardware
Big battery
Stereo speakers
RGB LED lights
CONS
Nothing particular
Vivo iQOO
PROs
Best (but not so gaming-centric) design
Great hardware + cooling system
Massive battery and Quite fast charging
Beneficial price tag
CONS
Limited availability