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Think a gaming tablet can't feel like a pocket console? Xiaomi's Black Shark team disagrees — and they've shipped their new slate globally through the official Black Shark store on AliExpress.
It's compact by design: an 8.8-inch chassis that tips the scales at 332 grams and measures 7.7 mm thin. The shell is aerospace‑grade aluminum with laser-finished detailing, available in black or silver, looking like something carved for speed rather than style alone.
Under the hood sits Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, an octa-core setup that can push clocks up to 3.0 GHz and pairs with a 40 TOPS NPU. Black Shark touts an AnTuTu score north of 1.9 million. The tablet ships with Android 16, 12 GB of LPDDR5X memory and 256 GB of UFS 4.0 storage; you can add up to 2 TB more via a TF card if you hoard games the way some people hoard thumbnails.
The display is where this tablet flexes visibly: a 2.5K panel at 2560 × 1600 with a 144 Hz refresh rate and 343 PPI. Peak brightness reaches around 600 nits, and the screen covers DCI-P3, coming factory-calibrated with ΔE under 1. Crisp, smooth, and calibrated — the kind of screen that makes fast shooters feel buttery and single-player epics look cinematic.
Thermals are heavy on engineering. A large vapor chamber works alongside multiple graphene sheets and a metal cooling structure, adding up to a thermal-material footprint of 25,176 mm². If that's not enough for marathon sessions, there's an optional magnetic external cooler that clips on to keep heat in check.
Connectivity ticks the boxes pros expect: dual-band Wi‑Fi 6 with 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.4, and DisplayPort output capable of 4K video. Sound comes from symmetrical dual speakers driven by a K9 smart amplifier, tuned to deliver punchy mids and clearer highs when you need audio cues fast.
Battery life is pragmatic: a 7,300 mAh cell rated for roughly 5.6 hours of continuous gaming, about 10.3 hours of web browsing, 7 hours of video playback, and up to 76 hours for music playback. Photo ops aren’t the focus — there’s a 13 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front shooter for calls and quick snaps.
The Black Shark Gaming Tablet (12 GB/256 GB) is now shipping worldwide via AliExpress; pricing starts at $670.97 with import charges included, £558.59 in the UK, and €635.69 in the Eurozone.
So, a compact frame, a display that could steal the show, and a chipset that promises desktop-level benchmarks — will this be the go-to portable for serious gamers or a niche pick for enthusiasts? Expect hands-on reviews to decide, but the hardware certainly makes a persuasive opening move.
Source: gizmochina
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