The Black Shark gaming smartphone brand is backed by Xiaomi. Hence, its devices run MIUI-based operating system called JOYUI. The brand has now started rolling out JOYUI 12.5, the latest version of its software for the Black Shark 3 series from 2020.

The Black Shark 3 consists of three phones, namely Black Shark 3, Black Shark 3 Pro, and Black Shark 3S. The first two models were released in the first half of 2020 with JOYUI 11 based on Android 10. But they were updated to JOYUI 12 after the release of the third model, which came pre-installed with the then-new software.

Now, the company is rolling out JOYUI 12.5 for all three of them in China. According to the official announcement, the brand started seeding early access builds on May 31. The final stable builds are scheduled to go live on June 30.

As far as new features are concerned, JOYUI 12.5 brings all the new features of MIUI 12.5 and some more. The brand highlights the following features on Weibo.

Black Shark 3, 3 Pro, 3S JOYUI 12.5 Features (Translated)

• Support 5G SA Function
• Support Shark Sauce (Virtual Assistant)
• Support Intelligent Rubik
• Support Screen Notification 2.0
• Support Flat Panel Mode
• Mew Control Mode and Auxiliary Line Function
• New Visual Upgrade of Game Space and Game Assistant
• Support MIUI 12.5

Last but not least, we are not sure whether the update comes with Android 11 since there’s no mention of it. Also, it is not known when the global variant of these handsets will receive it.

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Black Shark, a Xiaomi-backed gaming smartphone maker, has launched a few models in the market. Now, the Chinese company is gearing up to launch a new device, which currently seems to be in a development stage.

Ahead of the launch, the company’s executive Luo Yuzhou has claimed on Weibo that the upcoming Black Shark smartphone has a feature that is currently in the experimental stage but has surpassed the iPhone 12 Pro.

This hints that the smartphone has a feature that is already present on the iPhone 12 Pro but it will be an advanced version compared to Apple’s offering. However, what that feature is, remains unknown.

While Luo Yuzhou has not yet revealed what’s the feature he is talking about, some users claimed that he could be talking about the phone’s charging speed, or the weight of the device, or the screen refresh rate support.

EDITOR’S PICK: Here’s the official list of Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO, and Black Shark devices eligible for Android 11

The last smartphone announced by the company was Black Shark 3S, back in July this year for which the company also partnered with Tencent Games. The phone packs 12GB RAM but offers three storage options — 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB.

It features a 6.67-inch AMOLED 120Hz display and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset. The phone has a quad-camera setup on the back and a 20MP selfie snapper. It runs JoyUI 12 and is powered by a 4,720mAh battery with support for 65W fast charging technology.

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We at Gizmochina have been testing gaming smartphones for the past few years. We’ve played with and tested almost all the gaming phones released in 2020. And we don’t think there are any big gaming phones headed our way, in the final three months of the year. So, we decided to bring you guys a full comparison of the best 2020 gaming smartphones. The 4 candidates we selected are from the brands of Asus ROG, Black Shark, RedMagic, and Lenovo Legion. This is still a niche market, with only a handful of brands focused on the mobile-gaming segment.

The devices we selected are all the latest models from these brands: the ASUS ROG 3 vs Lenovo Legion Pro vs RedMagic 5S vs Black Shark 3S. Thanks to Snapdragon 865 platform, they’re all excellent game phones in 2020 with superb performance. But so far we haven’t brought all the latest models together to pit against each other. Let’s change that today and let’s check out which one sits on the throne of smartphone gaming in 2020.

ASUS ROG vs RedMagic vs Black Shark vs Lenovo Legion: Design

Let’s start with their designs. All the models have distinct rear designs inherited from PC-gaming hardware such as customized RGB Logo and straight-line metal shells, which set them apart from those ordinary flagships.

The Black Shark 3S, the ROG Phone 3, and the RedMagic all inherit the brands’ identifiable design from their respective predecessors, while the Legion Phone is Lenovo’s first gaming model, which has a very special design. Unlike the three others, the motherboard and main hardware including camera setups were placed in the middle. Although it looks a bit strange, the Legion Phone is the most effective model to solve the heating problem while holding the phone. And it creatively applies dual-battery and dual-charging design to top up its 5000mAh with the superb charging efficiency of up to 90W.

Display

And looking at their front displays, they all are equipped with an e-sports friendly large display. The sizes of their displays range from 6.6 to 6.7 inches. For the RedMagic 5S and the Legion Pro, their 6.65-inch displays share a lot of common features. They have the same 1080P resolution with the same 19.5:9 aspect ratio, both feature a 144Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz sampling rate and have very similar color reproduction. On the other hand, the Black Shark 3S is the only one featuring a 6.67-inch 120Hz display with a special 20:9 ratio and also features MEMC Frequency Doubling Technique to boost the framerate of regular streaming content at the hardware level. This means that the Black Shark model can provide a smoother visual experience for video playback. But we found that the effect is not always stable even in the same video. The MEMC technology can handle some simple images but is not very useful for highly dynamic images.

However, among all the gaming phones, we think the ROG Phone’s display is the best one. It’s the only one supporting 10-bit HDR and covering up to 113.3% of P3 color Gamut. And more importantly, the display can boost the refresh rate up to 160Hz using a developer tool, which is the highest refresh rate that we have on a smartphone so far. But pay attention here – under 160Hz mode, the color accuracy could be damaged. And its 270Hz sampling rate is also the highest option in the market, which also, unsurprisingly, made it the best model providing superb touch operation in our actual gaming tests.

ASUS ROG 3 vs RedMagic 5S vs Black Shark 3S vs Lenovo Legion Pro: Shoulder Buttons

Talking about their optimizations for gaming, three of them come with shoulder buttons. But for the Black Shark 3S, the special button operation is composed of only two pressure-sensitive areas. This complete shift to pressure-sensitive buttons is a bit surprising given how we felt the best shoulder-button design ever was on its predecessor, the Black Shark 3 Pro that featured a pair of mechanical pop-up shoulder buttons. It gave users a similar experience as what we had on a gamepad. So, we are very confused as to why Black Shark didn’t retain the physical button design on the new 3S model.

Anyway, let’s look back at the Master-Touch pressure sensors, which is also an iconic design for every Black Shark model. However, compared to the shoulder buttons on the other models, the pressure touch buttons require a larger learning curve to get used to it. It will take some time to adjust to the sensors and sometimes it may come in between your gaming experience, especially in the initial period.

On the other hand, it’s much easier to get used to the shoulder buttons on the other models. But the experience over these three models is a bit different. For example, the RedMagic 5S shoulder buttons feature a super-high sampling rate of 320Hz, which is even higher than its 240Hz display sampling rate. And compared with other models, the position of the shoulder buttons on the RedMagic model is also more comfortable for our fingers. While for the Legion Phone, the buttons are not really in the right position for comfortable holding, and sometimes it was frustrating when we failed to touch on the designated area to activate the button while gaming.

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Well for the ROG Phone, the buttons have more options for operations. For example, you can assign each of them into two shoulder buttons, or set them for sliding actions, or even reset each of them for Macro play. But to be honest, most of them were too complicated to use in most games. The reason we want more buttons is to simplify our operation beyond touching the small display when holding the phone, but it seems that these complicated options help little and not really lead to a good gaming experience.

Let’s take PUBG Mobile as an example. No doubt that ROG Phone has the best display operation as it has the highest sampling rate. Operating delay on the ROG model is almost imperceptible, which means that you may have the opportunity for a faster response, possibly knocking down the enemies faster than others in a gunfight. The experience of the RedMagic 5S is also not bad. The good and fast feedback of the shoulder buttons makes sure that your mapping operations like aiming and shooting can accurately locate enemies with a comfortable holding.

However, on the Legion Phone and the Black Shark 3S, the operation is not so comfortable. The additional buttons may cause miss touches. You have to be careful with the pressure level when setting the pressure sensing buttons on the display, or you may get confused between holding the pressure-touch and the normal display touch in intense fighting. On the Legion model, your fingers would easily get tired when holding the uncomfortable shoulder buttons or you could even miss the shooting and aiming operations by touching the wrong area of the buttons.

ASUS ROG vs RedMagic vs Black Shark vs Lenovo Legion: Performance

As for performance, all these 4 models are equipped with the Snapdragon 865 platform. But only the ROG Phone and the Legion Phone upgrade the chipset to the Plus version. But it brings little difference in daily use and even in most games. Especially, so far, considering heating issues, almost all the brands are pretty cautious about giving users access to the full power of the 865 platform. For example, the Black Shark 3S and the RedMagic 5S would warn you about heating when you turn on the best-performance mode, while the ROG Phone would even check whether you have attached a cooling fan when you try to turn on the best-performance mode for games. If you were not playing with a cooling fan attached, the ROG Phone would close it and automatically switch it to level 2 of the performance mode.

In the performance comparison, we are going to compare their highest performance as a single model without any accessories. First, let’s see how they performed in some benchmarks.

3DMark

In 3Dmark, although the two equipping the 865-Plus chipset did not reach the 10% improvement as claimed, they still achieved a 6% higher performance compared to the other two models running the 865 chipset.

GeekBench 5

In Geekbench 5, the improvement of the 865 Plus is mainly reflected on the single-core results. And the improvement is much closer to the claimed 10%. Specifically, the ROG phone still won the single-core race, while over the multi-core test, the results of the 4 models are pretty close. And what’s interesting is that the highest multi-core score belongs to the Black Shark 3S but not one of the two models with the 865 Plus chipset.

AnTuTu

In the Antutu benchmark, the ROG Phone still won the test. And the results were also similar to what we got in 3Dmark.

And then let’s check out their gaming performance.

ASUS ROG 3 vs RedMagic 5S vs Black Shark 3S vs Lenovo Legion Pro: Gaming

In PUBG mobile, as we tested at 120fps framerate, except for the ROG model, the other three can reach an excellent framerate at over 110fps. Especially for the Legion model, it remained at the most stable level without much fluctuation. However, another model running the 865 plus chipset, the ROG model was disappointing as it could only run at 99.9fps on an average without the ROG cooling fan. When we tested it last month, the framerate level was similar to what we got on the Legion model, but after a recent software update, things changed.

PUBG

In terms of the heating issue, we were not allowed to turn on the level 3 of performance mode on the ROG model without the cooling fan, and it seems that ASUS is forcing their users to buy the official accessory for the best performance of the phone.

NBA 2K20

While in 2k20, things got a bit better for the ROG model, which went up one place to NO.3, followed by the Black Shark 3S at the bottom, while the Legion phone and RedMagic 5S maintained their leading places. Especially for the RedMagic model, it amazingly reached at 117.3fps, but at the same time, heated up in a few minutes. But we will talk about the heating test later.

Nimian Legend

And then we ran the Nimian legend as a stress test. The Legion phone was dominant over all the other models with the framerate of 75.29. The Black Shark 3S caught up with the RedMagic model and ranked in second place. The ROG model without the fan accessory was still a bit left behind with a framerate of 67.6.

ASUS ROG 3 vs Red Magic 5S vs Black Shark 3S vs Lenovo Legion Pro: Battery Life

As an e-sports smartphone, battery life and charging performance are also what gamers are concerned with. They are all equipped with large batteries and fast charging. Especially for the Legion Phone, along with the 5000mAh dual-battery, it surprisingly features dual-USB-C charging channels and the charging can be up to 90W.

Although the ROG Phone sports the largest 6000mAh battery, it only supports up to 30W PD fast-charging. The other two models also had great charging performance with over 50W charging efficiency. In the race to full charge, the Legion no doubt took the lead. The Black Shark model and the RedMagic models were only 4 mins and 9 mins behind the Legion Pro, respectively, but unlike the Legion Phone, they only require one charging port. As for the ROG model, the whole charging test took us over 1hour and 40mins, which is too slow for a gaming phone.

And then we did a test about their power consumption for gaming. After 30mins of NBA 2K20 gaming and another 30mins PUBG Mobile gaming, the Black Shark 3S won the competition consuming only 22% of power, even though it didn’t have the largest battery. So it was pretty efficient. The ROG model’s largest battery also performed well with 75% power left. Well, the RedMagic model was in the bottom place with an unbelievable 42% of power consumption, which is really unacceptable.

So overall, if you are a gamer who cares about battery and charging, just forget about the RedMagic model and make your choice between the ROG and Black Shark. Especially for Black Shark 3S, we really liked the phone and would pick it as our first choice.

Over Heating TEST

In addition, we were also curious about the heating issue of the Snapdragon chipset. So we recorded all of the four model’s temperatures after 30mins gaming. We could see that both the ROG and the Black Shark models had good temp-control, while the other two models easily got heated up at over 46℃. But on the Legion Phone, we didn’t really feel the heat when holding it as the internals are placed smartly to avoid radiating heat to your hands.

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ASUS ROG 3 vs RedMagic 5S vs Black Shark 3S vs Lenovo Legion Pro: Verdict 

So overall, we believe that the Legion Phone can work independently unleashing its max performance among the four, while the ROG phone also has the potential to challenge the Legion phone but you need to attach the cooling fan. But if you care more about operating optimization, the ROG and RedMagic models should be the better choices. The RedMagic model has excellent performance for a gaming phone but it does heat up very quickly.

The Black Shark model provided a balanced performance, even though it didn’t come out on top in most of our tests. As you can see, each of the four models have their own set of positives and drawbacks. Picking up the best gaming phone among these four would require you to focus on what’s most important to you.

We hope this ASUS ROG 3 vs RedMagic 5S vs Black Shark 3S vs Lenovo Legion Pro comparison and review will help you to find the perfect gaming smartphone. If you want more such in-depth comparisons between specific models, feel free to mention them in the comments section down below.

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If you thought Asus ROG Phone 3 and Lenovo Legion Duel would be the only gaming phones of the second half of 2020 you were so wrong. Nubia and Xiaomi came up with two other gaming-centric devices: the Nubia Red Magic 5S and the Black Shark 3S. Both come with an S in their name because both are upgrades of previous models released earlier this year. Unfortunately, they do not bring all the power of the new Snapdragon 865+, unlike Asus and Lenovo’s solutions, but on the other hand, they carry more affordable prices while still offering stunning hardware departments. In this comparison, you will learn which of these two gaming phones has more potential depending on your needs. ù

Nubia Red Magic 5S vs Xiaomi Black Shark 3S

Design

When it comes to aesthetics, it is a matter of tastes, but I personally love the design of the Nubia Red Magic 5S. Despite coming with a built-in cooling fan, it is thinner and lighter, as well as more attractive in terms of look. Its design is still gaming-centric, but according to my tastes, it is more elegant and stylish than the Black Shark 3S. Both the Black Shark 3S and Nubia Red Magic 5S offer support to interesting external accessories which make them better choices for gamers than other phones.

Display

Do you only care about gaming or you also need a phone with a great display quality to watch videos and streaming platforms? If you just want the best performance while playing games, get a Nubia Red Magic 5S. It has a higher refresh rate for the display, as well as a higher touch sampling rate for its pressure sensitive zones which can be used as air triggers. If you need a better image quality, then choose the Black Shark 3S which offers the HDR10+ certification, but note that its refresh rate is lower (120 Hz).

Specs & Software

Nubia Red Magic 5S and Black Shark 3S are both powered by the Snapdragon 865 mobile platform. But there is a difference in memory configurations: you can get max 12 GB of RAM with the Black Shark 3S, while Nubia Red Magic 5S goes up to 16 GB of RAM. Further, Nubia Red Magic 5S has a better cooling system which adopts silver and a built-in cooling fan to dissipate the heat for better performance in long gaming sessions. So, at least on the paper, Nubia Red Magic 5S looks more convincing in terms of hardware. On the software side, you get a gaming-centric user interface based on Android 10 on both the devices.

Camera

Despite Nubia Red Magic 5S offers an option to record video with an 8K resolution, Black Shark 3S should provide a better photo quality because it sports better secondary sensors. Both the ultrawide camera and the macro lens have higher resolutions and they are better sensors overall. Even the front camera is better on the Black Shark 3S (20 MP vs 8 MP). Obviously, none of these devices is a real camera phone and usually, gamers do not care a lot about cameras, but we think it is still worth highlighting the differences given that cameras can be used for AR games and live streaming.

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Battery

The Black Shark 3S has a slightly bigger battery (more than 200 mAh of difference compared to the Nubia Red Magic 5S) and, given the lower refresh rate and the absence of a physical cooling fan, we believe it will offer a longer battery life. It also packs a faster charging technology. Further, the USB-C port of the Black Shark 3S can be used for wired screen mirroring allowing to connect the handset to an external monitor with a low latency.

Price

There is not a definitive winner of this comparison. With the Nubia Red Magic 5S, you can get a higher refresh rate, a better hardware, and better cooling system, as well as a more interesting design. The Black Shark 3S offers a bigger battery, better camera, and the option to use USB screen mirroring. But while Black Shark 3S starts from about €600/$707, the Nubia Red Magic 5S costs just €460/$542 in its base variant. So it actually has a higher value for money. We think the pros of the Black Shark 3S do not justify the price difference.

Red Magic 5S vs Xiaomi Black Shark 3S: PRO and CONS

Red Magic 5S

PRO

• Best cooling system
• 144 Hz display
• 8K video recording
• 300 Hz pressure sensitive zones

CONS

• Nothing particular

Xiaomi Black Shark 3S

PRO

• Faster charging
• Bigger battery
• Potentially better photo quality
• HDR10+ display
• Screen mirroring through USB-C

CONS

• Lower refresh rate and touch sampling rate

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Black Shark 3S launches in China as the brand’s third gaming smartphone of 2020 in partnership with Tencent Games. The device comes in two colors namely Skyfall Black and Crystal Blue. It will be only available in 12GB RAM but with different storage options – 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. They are priced at 3,999 yuan ($573), 4,299 yuan ($616), and 4,799 yuan ($687) respectively.

Black Shark 3S Specifications

The newly unveiled Black Shark 3S comes powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset paired with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. The handset sports a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, 270Hz touch sampling rate, 17ms touch response rate, ΔE<1, JNCD<0.55, HDR10+, refresh rate optimization for games, DC Dimming, blue light filter, and an in-screen fingerprint sensor.

Further, it comes with the company’s in-house Game Engine and Tencent SolarCore to offer a better gaming experience. Other features include 64MP (wide) + 13MP (ultra-wide) + 5MP (depth) triple camera setup, 20MP selfie camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, sandwich liquid cooling system, MEMC 3.0, 3D sound, screen mirroring via USB 3.0, and a plethora of gaming-related software features including voice-controlled gameplay.

Unsurprisingly, the design of the device is identical to its predecessor from H1 2020. That means we are looking at a heavy (222g) and big (168.72 x 77.33 x 10.42 mm) smartphone with symmetric triangular module at the rear for cameras and magnetic charging pins.

As for the operating system, the phone runs Joy UI 12 based on Android 10, which is nothing but a customized MIUI 12 by Xiaomi. The Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro from earlier this year will get an update to this software in the near future. No word on 2019 models, which is a bummer as those handsets only received a single major update.

Last but not least, the smartphone is backed by a 4,720mAh battery with support for 65W fast charging via USB Type-C and 18W magnetic charging.

New Black Shark Accessories

Alongside Black Shark 3S, the brand also announced three new accessories.

New Black Shark Accessories

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• Black Shark Shoulder Buttons – 79 yuan ($11)
• Black Shark Gamepad (compatible with most Android smartphones) – 238 yuan ($34)
• Black Shark finger sleeve – 29 yuan ($4)

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With the launch of the Black Shark 3S being just around the corner, the company has shared a few video teasers regarding the device that showcase a few of its upcoming features.

The videos were shared through the company’s official Weibo account and were also re-uploaded on YouTube by SparrowNews. Thus, it is confirmed that the Black Shark 3S will feature screen mirroring, motion controls, and mouse and keyboard input support via USB connection. The device runs the company’s latest JOYUI 12, which now supports the aforementioned features, via USB 3.0. In other words, users can simply plug the smartphone’s USB charger cable to a laptop/PC to mirror the device’s screen through the Black Shark app.

This, in turn, allows one to output the handset’s display to a device with a larger screen at 60fps. Through this, one can gain input support for mouse and keyboard for improved gameplay experience. The controls can also be fully customizable on screen. Furthermore, the Black Shark 3S supports motion controls as well, bringing additional functionality in the form of in app inputs.

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In simpler terms, one can just bind a certain motion command to a particular action in different games. An example being tilting the device downward to reload or upward to jump. This could help in various multiplayer games by eliminating the need for additional touch input through fingers, helping increase finger space, and a clutter free experience with on display commands.

To give users even more options, the Black Shark 3S will also have a clip on that brings shoulder keys. Interestingly, this can also be used on other devices as well. JOYUI 12 brings with it many improvements to its UI for a better gaming experience. One such inclusion is “Game Barrage” that shows notifications from SMS, WeChat, QQ, or others during gaming. Users get to fully customize the font color, opacity, and other aspects regarding these notifications, whilst vice control also enables many additional functions without having to put a pause on gaming.

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In March, Black Shark unveiled the Snapdragon 865 powered Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro gaming smartphones. Earlier this month, Qualcomm unveiled the enhanced Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset. Hence, it was speculated that an updated Black Shark 3 model with SD865+ onboard may go official soon. Last week, Black Shark CEO Luo Yuzhou teased the arrival of the new Black Shark 3S gaming smartphone. Today, the Chinese firm officially confirmed that it will be launching the Black Shark 3S phone in China on July 31.

The poster reveals that the launch event for the Black Shark 3S will be held at 3:00 PM (local time) on July 31. It has no information on the specs of the device.

A recent leak revealed that the company will not be launching an updated version of the Black Shark 3 Pro. The Black Shark 3S will be arriving as an updated edition of the Black Shark 3. Hence, it is unlikely to carry any change in the design. The inclusion of the Snapdragon 865 Plus mobile platform could be the only major change on the Black Shark 3S. Its S-AMOLED screen may support a higher refresh rate.

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Black Shark 3 specifications

The Black Shark 3 has a 6.67-inch AMOLED display that offers a 90Hz refresh rate and Full HD+ resolution. The Joy UI based Android 10 OS runs on the Black Shark 3. The SD865 phone has up to 12 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of internal storage.

It has a front camera of 20-megapixel and a 64-megapixel + 13-megapixel (ultrawide) + 5-megapixel (depth) rear-facing triple camera system. The device is backed by a 4,720mAh battery that supports 65W rapid charging. It has an under-display fingerprint sensor.

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The Black Shark 3 launched early this year but unlike previous Black Shark phones, it came along with a Pro version called the Black Shark 3 Pro that has a bigger and sharper screen, bigger battery, and even takes the storage options to 512GB. Now, the Black Shark 3S is coming, and it has been reported that there will be no Pro version.

The Black Shark 3S is expected to launch soon with a Snapdragon 865 Plus processor powering it, however, there will be “no large-screen version” says a rough translation of a Weibo post by Chinese leaker, Digital Chat Station.

He adds that the Pro model will be for the flagship released at the beginning of the year which means the Black Shark 4/5 should have a Pro version.

Not a lot is known about the specifications of the Black Shark 3S. The CEO only teased the device a few days ago and has not revealed anything afterward. Nevertheless, we expect it will have an AMOLED display, a high-refresh-rate, stereo speakers, and nothing less than 65W fast charging.

When the Black Shark 3S launches, it will challenge the already released ASUS ROG Phone 3 and the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel that has a starting price of roughly $500. It will also face the upcoming Nubia Red Magic 5S.

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A new gaming smartphone is coming soon and it may be powered by the Snapdragon 865 Plus processor. The phone is the Black Shark 3S and it was teased earlier today by the company’s CEO.

Black Shark’s CEO Luo Yuzhou took to Weibo today with a post that roughly translates into “Lately, I feel something big is about to happen.”. The post was also quoted by the official Black Shark account. While the cryptic message doesn’t reveal much if at all, it is actually Weibo that comes to the rescue with its “device identifier”.

As you can see in the image, the CEO made the post with the yet-to-be-announced Tencent Black Shark 3S gaming smartphone. This is most definitely the big surprise he is referring to in his post.

There are speculations the phone will come with the Snapdragon 865 Plus Mobile Platform just like the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel and the ASUS ROG Phone 3. This is not far fetched seeing as Black Shark’s second flagship for last year, the Black Shark 2 Pro launched with a Snapdragon 855+ processor.

The specifications and design of the phone are currently unknown. We also cannot tell if the Black Shark 3S will be getting a “Pro” version since the Black Shark 3 launched alongside a pro version in March.

Are you excited for the Black Shark 3S? What new features do you think it will bring? Do let us know in the comment box.

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