Aside from being the hottest two months in the summer, July and August mark the launch of some of the most-awaited digital products. These two intersections of months have become the months for gaming mobile phones to compete with each other.
The Black Shark Game Phone 2 Pro is the second mobile phone released by Black Shark this year and second game mobile phone released in the second half of the year 2019. Usually, Black Shark releases two mobile phones in a year, which is bound to have the same ignominious situation because of the processor. However, this year the Black Shark Game Phone 2 Pro has employed Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 855 Plus, becoming the second mobile phone in the market to pack the Snapdragon 855 Plus, under its hood.
The complete design language and great lights
The recently unveiled Black Shark 2 Pro bears a strong continuity from the Black Shark 2 name. In other words, the aforesaid models have been designed as part of the same series.
As expected, Black Shark has retained the back design; however, made some adjustments in the middle portion. The Pro variant surpasses the Black Shark 2 in terms of shape and the texture and offers faster speed. The Black Shark Game Phone 2 Pro obviously is better than the design styles adopted by the rest of the game phones.
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The new phone sports a smaller “S” as compared to its predecessor, while narrowing the main portion. While both the upper, as well as the lower part of the original Black Shark 2 are almost empty, the Black Shark 2 Pro fills that place with a couple of tiny lights. The new is without an iota of doubt, more appealing.
I felt that the high and low undulation, coupled with the lines behind it and the shape of the deck placed in the middle bears a striking resemblance to a space warship or a sports car. Unlike the back, the front portion sports a traditional appearance, which is quite similar to the Black Shark 2. For example, it uses a non-shaped full-screen design, and there’s a lot of handheld space on both sides for a superior gaming experience.
The Black Shark 2 Pro’s screen should be the same as Black Shark 2, 6.39 inches, 2340×1080 resolution, 60Hz refresh rate (yes, no high refresh rate) Samsung AMOLED screen and parameters are already popular. Following the installation of the independent display control chip, it is safe to say that the refresh rate is the best feature of the phone.
Nevertheless, smartphone lovers are likely to give a lot of importance to screen parameters, which are likely to be different. Keeping in line with that, would you rather choose a domestic AMOLED high refresh rate screen or go for the Samsung AMOLED screen?
Aside from that, the Black Shark 2 Pro adopts the same screen fingerprint technology, which delivers the same unlocking speed as Xiaomi.
Snapdragon 855 Plus is powerful, but the core is a completely unique gameplay experience
On the performance front, the phone uses the 855 Plus model, which was originally found on the ROG Phone 2. Apparently, those making gaming smartphones are paying a lot of attention to the performance in this area.
Compared with the regular version of the Snapdragon 855, Qualcomm has made two major improvements in the Snapdragon 855 Plus:
- Core frequency upgraded from 2.84GHz to 2.96GHz
- The graphics core Adreno 640 is optimized for gaming and entertainment functions, with a 15% improvement in the performance.
As far as the running scores are concerned, the GeekBench 4.4.1 version scored 3,629 single cores and multi-core scores of 11277. It has comprehensively improved compared to Snapdragon 855, and 3D Mark’s scores are quite good.
The graphics processing unit has undergone a radical overhaul in terms of frequency, improving from 585MHz to 672MHz. This increase is even larget than the CPU. It is worth mentioning here that the GPU frequency of the Snapdragon 855 was forcibly increased to 810 MHz via the back door when the Shark Phone 2 was used officially. But this was higher than the Snapdragon 855 Plus.
Note that there’s still no frequency for this SD 855 Plus. A Black Shark official explained that Qualcomm has refrained from doing so to allow all Snapdragon 855 Plus to operate at the official standard frequency, but run from several times. It is also worth noting that GPU performance has improved as well.
The Black Shark featured 12GB of large memory this time. It is used to come it, there is a lot of memory anyway.” Equipped with UFS 3.0 storage, it obviously loads large games faster.
Overall, there’s hardly anything to worry about when it comes to the performance of the phone, given that the basic frequency isn’t too big, and the performance isn’t likely to change dramatically.
The burning question here is how can manufacturers offer a relatively different experience with their game phones, and this is a matter of concern for Black Shark as well. The ROG Phone 2, on the other hand, offers an unparalleled experience, thanks to “Van” and Tencent launching 120fps “QQ Speed.”
Black Shark 2 Pro – The high frame rate for the Black Shark 2 Pro is here to stay. The manufacturers opted to work on the handling part. In the wake of the original Black Shark phone receiving criticism for touch-related problems, the company managed to slowly convert the touch performance and operation into the best part of the phone.
According to official data, The touch delay of the Black Shark 2 Pro is further minimized, breaking through the 40ms mark. Note that the average delay has been reduced to 34.7ms. If this is supposed to be a stable average, avid gamers will experience enhanced “gun-to-heart” in the FPS game.
As a regular gamer, I still experienced the delay of 200ms Bluetooth headset, without experiencing any difference with the 10ms of the previous model. If I tried the Peace Elite, for example, I wouldn’t be impressed. For professional players, these operational problems may prove to be a big disappointment.
Coming to the heat-dissipating part, I noticed thermal sensation after turning the roast chicken mode on. Playing Peace Elite on a normal mode will neither offer the “Ultra HD” image quality, nor the “very high” frame rate. heat.
The unique pressure-sensing function of the Black Shark isn’t worth ignoring. With Apple dumping the 3D Touch, it looks like Black Shark is the only manufacturer that offers pressure-sensitive function. While the 3D Touch needs special adaptation, the Black Shark’s pressure is mapped and free to support more games. This feature is available on Black Shark 2, not Black Shark 2 Pro.
I personally felt that a user might need some time to use to the function. I attempted to reduce the reaction time and found that it is easier to misuse in an unusual scenario.
Black Shark also comes in handy in checking the usage of the function. According to the company, 70% of the users of the Black Shark 2 play “eat chicken,” and a whopping 90% of the players use the pressure. If this data is anything to go by, we can say it is quite impressive from the usage rate.
The camera sensor has been upgraded, but battery capacity remains the same
The Pro variant of the Black Shark 2 gaming phone houses a 48MP sensor, while its predecessor used the Samsung GM1, which has now been replaced with the Sony IMX 586. In theory, this is likely to be better. Let’s have a look in the samples below:
After having a look at the performance of the camera samples, it seems safe to say that the Black Shark 2 Pro, which is a game phone, has achieved the mainstream level in the camera performance, but it is slightly weaker in the multi-camera program.
So far, multiple mainstream mobile phones have resorted to some sort of deviations in the evolutionary route. The Black Shark 2 Pro, on the other hand still continues to draw its juices from a 4000mAh battery. Given that the screen size is still the same for the Black Shark 2 Pro, it makes a lot of sense to maintain the battery capacity as well.
The 4000mAh capacity isn’t too small for this size. It remains to be seen whether or not Black Shark will come up with a bigger screen size to accommodate a larger battery in the near future. Nevertheless, 6 hours of bright screen life from a 4000mAh battery seems quite reasonable to me.
The battery supports fast charging capacity of 27W. Despite having the same power as the Xiaomi 9, the compatibility of Black Shark phones with fast charging is relatively better than Xiaomi-branded handsets. The charging head of PD 3.0 is more adaptable.
Black sharks also need to consider the hardware and improve the headset
Professional users are still likely to find a huge room for improvement in the Black Shark 2 Pro especially with the absence of NFC function, inconvenience on the go, for example, the elimination of the 3.5mm headphone port. Using a wired headset is quite inconvenient.
Despite these drawbacks, I am quite pleased with the hardware of the Black Shark 2 Pro. While I can provide a logical explanation for a few missing technical indicators, I still have a few things to say about specific strategies including the accessories part.
The lighting effect is unique to gaming mobile phones, and so are the accessories. Regrettably, Black Shark isn’t paying enough attention to the accessories in the propaganda. The back clip fan or the biplane handle is no doubt simply remarkable, but I think, the initial criticisms and videos are merely a single machine, lacking a few engaging test plays.
The second problem is related to the software. Black Shark needs to focus on it immediately. A lot of old users have reported that the Bug official repair is too slow, and some of the bugs are submitted even to the sea. It is imperative for you to ensure you are not just watching the game on the Black Shark.
Thankfully, the picture-in-picture function that was revealed at the press conference indicated that Black Shark is leaving no stone unturned in a bid to improve this department.
Aside from that, the company also needs to figure out how it can continuously improve the ease of use of JOY UI. According to a lot of users, Black Shark should try to brush MIUI. This is due to the fact that the existing JOY UI is rhythm in function and bug fix- still very slow. In my opinion, the current MIUI is kind of bloated. For those planning to use it as a mobile phone, the ease of use can be a big problem.
Trying to do this well, the black shark is easy to go further.
This is an incremental update
Black Shark resorts to adopting a strong rhythm following a significant change as far as the product iteration rhythm is concerned. The relationship between the original Black Shark and the Black Shark Helo was identical, and the relationship between Black Shark 2 and Black Shark 2 Pro is the same as well.
Overall, the Black Shark 2 Pro does not offer a lot to cheer about in the performance and specifications department. However, the improvement of product ID design, along with enhancement of its “X Core” with three “Lights of the Mirage” at the press conference is nothing short of impressive.
The color scheme is quite appealing as well. Taking this into consideration, the Black Shark 2 Pro shows a lot of improvement. The 12GB + 128GB model will set you back to 2999, which is quite reasonable. I feel Black Shark 2 Pro is getting better. Feel free to share your thoughts on the new phone in the comments section below!
Source: iFanr.com
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