Xiaomi launches Black Shark to compete with Razer Phone

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched its new Black Shark gaming phone to take on Razer.

The handset is one of the cheapest phones now available that carries a Snapdragon 845 and also has a liquid cooling solution, Techspot.com reports.

There are two variants of the phone: The first has 6GB of RAM paired with 64GB of UFS2.1 internal storage; the second has 8GB of memory with 128GB of storage.

There is no microSD card for expansion. Featuring a 5.99-inch 18:9 display with 2160 x 1080 resolution, the IPS LCD panel covers 97 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut. When set to maximum brightness, the display measures in around 550 nits.