Blackview Shark 8 vs Nothing Phone (3)
Blackview
Shark 8
Nothing
Phone (3)
At a glance
- Brand
- Blackview
- Nothing
- Release date
- October 2023, 2 years 7 months ago
- July 2025, 10 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 420.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 69% of devices
- 2.084.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 94% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- € 799.00 ($ 936.69)
Display
- Size
- 6.78"
- 6.67"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2460 px FHD+
- 1260 x 2800 px QHD
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED
- Density
- 396 ppi High Density
- 460 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, 580 cd/m² peak brightness, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, DCI-P3, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 700 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², 1000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio G99 (MT6789)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen4
- CPU
- 2x Cortex A76 2.2 GHz + 6x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex X4 + 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex A720
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 2.2 GHz
- 4.32 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MC2
- Adreno 825
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 64 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.69
- ƒ/ 1.69
- Sensor
- Samsung GW3
- Omnivision OV50H
- Pixel size
- 0.80 µm
- 1.20 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.97"
- 1/1.28"
- Flash
- Dual LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Front Flash
- Noise reduction, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 13 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Samsung S5K3L6
- Samsung S5KJN1
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 0.64 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5000 mAh
- 5150 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 33.0W
- Yes , 65.0W
- Charge cycles
- 800 cycles
- 1400 cycles
- Runtime
- ~ 52h
- ~ 56h
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 15W wireless charging, 7.5W reverse wired charging, 5W reverse wired charging
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 2.2
- UFS Storage 4.0
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 76.6 mm 168.5 mm 8.4 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.6 mm 160.6 mm 9.0 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 198 g
- 218 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Glass , Aluminium
- Colors
- Blue Gold Gray
- Black White
- Water/dust resistance
- IP53
- IP68
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 126 drops without defects
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- Class A B C D E
- Usable surface
- 84 %
- 88 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Android 15 Android 15
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 7 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B19 (800), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B40 (TDD 2300)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
