Product
Xiaomi Black Shark Helo
Xiaomi Black Shark Helo
Xiaomi Mi 9 Explorer
Xiaomi Mi 9 Explorer
Battery
Charging 18W wired, QC3 27W wired, QC4 20W wireless
Type Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build - Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame (7000 series)
Dimensions 160 x 75.2 x 8.7 mm (6.30 x 2.96 x 0.34 in) 157.5 x 74.7 x 7.6 mm (6.20 x 2.94 x 0.30 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 190 g (6.70 oz) 173 g (6.10 oz)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Infrared port - Yes
NFC No Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5)
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA
Display
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Resolution 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~402 ppi density) 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~403 ppi density)
Size 6.01 inches, 93.2 cm2 (~77.5% screen-to-body ratio) 6.39 inches, 100.2 cm2 (~85.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Type AMOLED Super AMOLED, HDR10
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Launch
Announced 2018, October. Released 2018, November 2019, February. Released 2019, June
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Dual 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.9", 1.25µm, dual pixel PDAF 20 MP, f/1.8, 1.0µm, AF, 2x optical zoom -
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Laser AF, Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
Triple - 48 MP, f/1.5 (12GB RAM model) or f/1.8 (8GB RAM model), (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 12 MP, f/2.2, 54mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, PDAF, 2x optical zoom 16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.0", 1.0µm, AF
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/120/240fps, 1080p@960fps
Memory
Card slot No No
Internal 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 10GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
  - UFS 2.1
Misc
Colors Black Transparent Black
Models AWM-A0 -
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485)
GPU Adreno 630 Adreno 640
OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 9.0 (Pie), MIUI 10
Selfie camera
Features - HDR
Single 20 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/2.8", 1.0µm 20 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3", 0.9µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack No No
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes