Yesterday Black Shark released a poster revealing that it would launch a Black Shark 2 Pro on July 30. Prior to that, the company had teased that it would release a Snapdragon 855+ phone. We now have confirmation that the Black Shark 2 Pro is the Snapdragon 855+ phone, thanks to a Geekbench listing of the device.
The device was benchmarked yesterday as the “blackshark DLT-A0”. It runs Android 9 Pie and has 12GB of RAM. The device scored 3623 points in the single-core test and 11367 points in the multi-core test. The scores are similar to those of the ROG Phone 2 which is also powered by the Snapdragon 855+ processor, though the Black Shark scored slightly higher.
The Black Shark 2 Pro first surfaced in June when it was certified by China’s communication commission. The certification revealed it will also have 27W fast charging.
With respect to design, the Black Shark 2 Pro will likely not differ from the standard version. We also have a feeling the processor will be the only major difference between both phones.
The Black Shark 2 Pro will launch on July 30 and the event will begin at 15:00 China time and end by 17:00.
Other than ASUS and Black Shark, Nubia is also going to launch a Snapdragon 855+ version of its Red Magic 3 gaming smartphone.
