Xiaomi backed gaming smartphone, Black Shark is getting a new update on March 18. Likely to be called the Black Shark 2, the new phone has already passed through Geekbench a couple of times before. However, the phone has now been spotted on the AnTuTu benchmark as well, revealing some specifications.
The phone passed through AnTuTu under the model name, BlackShark Skywalker. We know that this is the new generation model because it’s powered by Snapdragon 855. The phone came in 8+128GB memory configuration, but we know for sure that there’s a higher-end model, with 12GB of RAM on board. This 12GB RAM model was spotted on Geekbench a couple of days back. The AnTuTu listing also gives out its display resolution, which is the standard 2340 x 1080 pixels. Finally, the phone manages to score 359,973, which is pretty average for the new Snapdragon 855 chipset.
Before this, the 8GB RAM model of the new Black Shark 2 had passed through Geekbench and 3C certification. The latter confirmed that the phone will come with 27W fast charging, same as the Xiaomi Mi 9. A recently leaked hands-on image also gave us a glimpse of the new camera arrangement of the phone. The new model is said to feature vertically arranged dual cameras at the back. We couldn’t find a fingerprint sensor in the image, so it could come with a screen fingerprint sensor up front.
The new Black Shark 2 model is confirmed to feature Liquid Cooling 3.0. While details about the new generation cooling technology aren’t widely available, it’s said that the phone could feature larger cooling pipes to limit the internal temperature.
The phone launches on March 18, which coincidentally is the same day when we meet the new Redmi Note 7 Pro in China.
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