Gaming smartphones a becoming quite interesting topic in today’s market. Nowhere people are using classic video game joysticks in order to play the latest games.W ith the launch of PUBG Mobile and Fortnite becoming popular, companies like Asus, Nubia and Xiaomi are reviving the gaming smartphones. The Nubia is one of the which is busy in making innovative smartphone maker which recently launched its first gaming Nubia Red Magic Mars smartphone. This smartphone is dedicated to the gaming junkies. It features flagship-class performance and gaming-centric features, but it is offered at a very modest price. And also there are some brands who launched their gaming smartphones namely Xiaomi Black Shark Helo and Asus ROG Phone.
Here we bring you a comparison among these latest phones to make you the right choice.Let’s get in deep.
Design
As the name suggests Nubia Red Magic Mars’ design wonderful is the RGB strip on the back side it provided an impressive design in a very attractive camouflage edition with a fingerprint-resistant coating.
Black Shark Helo is fancy with its customizable RGB lights for calls and notifications. It features a matte back with X-type antenna for better connectivity.
Asus ROG Phone is another great device with a very original gaming-centric device.
Display
Asus ROG Phone has the best display because it provides a better colour accuracy and a higher refresh rate. It supports up to 108.6 per cent DCI-P3 coverage, 90 Hz refresh rate with 1 ms response time, and the AMOLED and HDR technologies. Xiaomi Black Shark Helo takes the second place with its AMOLED panel with 100 per cent DCI-P3 gamut.
Gaming features
Asus ROG Phone is equipped with a three-layer cooling system inside along with an AeroActive Cooler for additional cooling.
Xiaomi has integrated liquid-cooling system on the Black Shark Helo which is said to be 20 times more effective than traditional cooling.
Nubia red magic mars comes with a control panel to monitor system performance (e.g. CPU and GPU utilization, as well as temperature), DTS 7.1 support, and force feedback.
Hardware internals
All three handsets are similar in terms of the performance, They all feature the octa-core Snapdragon 845 chipset by Qualcomm running at a max frequency of 2.8 GHz, but the Asus ROG Phone it is overclocked and it reaches 2.95 GHz.And the Xiaomi Black shark helo and Nubia Red Magic Mars were launched in a configuration with 10 GB of RAM.
Asus ROG Phone and Xiaomi Black Shark Helo have the same battery capacity: 4000 mAh.That means your day will go on with immersive experience on gaming with its chunky battery. where Xiaomi Black Shark Helo lasts a bit more (about 25 per cent of remaining charge at the end of the evening). While Nubia Red Magic mars have smaller 3800 mAh unit but we are yet to see how it is optimized as the phone is still not on the shelves.
On memory, Asus ROG Phone offers 8GB of RAM with up to 512GB of inbuilt storage. It also offers users with 100GB of Google Drive storage. Black Shark Helo packs the biggest 10GB of RAM with storage options up to 128GB.
Photography
However, these phones are not for photography you primarily not choose them for taking the best photos. And to be said these phones are not that bad them too. The most convincing one overall is the Xiaomi Black Shark Helo with its rear 12 + 20 MP f/1.8 dual camera and its 20 MP selfie camera,So it s all in one phone packed with good camera features, but Asus ROG Phone’s rear camera is more or less at the same level and unlike the Xiaomi’s flagship it features OIS and a wide angle lens. Xiaomi has its Gamepad for the Black Shark Helo which comes with the box. It has a control stick and tactile buttons.
Accessories
At the time of launch, The firms also launched the add-on accessories for the gaming phones. Asus has the most number of accessories for its ROG Phone. It offers a Gamevice controller, mobile desktop dock, WiGig display dock, professional dock and twinview dock. Unfortunately, these devices did not come along with smartphone retail box but you need to buy them separately. Asus has however integrated ultrasonic AirTriggers on the ROG Phone which give haptic feedback for additional controls while gaming.
Pricing:
The Asus ROG phone is now available in India, exclusively via Flipkart, for INR 69,999. You get 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage at this price, and there is no other variant.
The Nubia Red Magic Mars was launched in China only yesterday, in three variants. The 6GB model with 64GB storage was launched at CNY 2,700, while the top-spec 10GB RAM variant with 256GB storage comes in at CNY 4,000.
Xiaomi’s Black Shark Helo went on sale in China late last month, at a starting price of CNY 3,199 for the 6GB RAM model with 128GB storage. The mid-term variant gets 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, costing CNY 3,499. The top-specced model packs in 10GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and sells for CNY 4,199.
