Xiaomi‘s gaming-focused sub-brand Black Shark debuted the Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro earlier this year in China. The company has now launched the devices globally, and we have brought you details about their prices, availability, and specifications.
Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro pricing & availability
The devices have been launched in North America, Europe, and the UK and their prices are as follows:
Blackshark 5
- 8GB + 128GB – $550 / €550 / £440
- 12GB + 256GB – $650 / €650 / £530
Blackshark 5 Pro
- 8GB + 128GB – $800 / €800 / £640
- 12 GB + 256GB – $900 / €900 / £730
- 16GB + 256GB – $1000 / €1000 / £810
The devices will be available to purchase from the Black Shark’s official site, AliExpress store, and through local Amazon stores.
Black Shark 5 series specs
The Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro both come with a 6.67-inch FHD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) E4 AMOLED display with refresh rates of up to 144Hz. They offer a peak brightness of 1300nits, DC dimming, HDR10+, and 100% P3 color gamut. Other than that, the display has a 720Hz touch sampling rate for lightning-fast touch responsiveness while gaming.
Under the hood, the vanilla variant comes powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset while the Pro model offers a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. Both the models come with LPDDR 5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. The Pro model will likely offer Xiaomi’s Disc Array 2.0 (UFS + SSD combination) to boost the read and write speeds up to 55% and 69% respectively.
Other than that, both models feature a 4650mAh battery paired with 120W fast charging, Android 12-based Joy UI 13, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and pop-up magnetic triggers for gaming.
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