The Black Shark 4 series has seen already seen success in China. The company announced earlier today (26th March 2021) that the series reached 200 million yuan (roughly 30 million US Dollars) in sales in just 5 minutes into the launch.

In a Weibo post, a Chinese microblogging website, the smartphone manufacturer shared that its latest lineup has seen strong sales immediately after its launch. This includes the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro from the company. The series went on sale earlier today and started from a price tag of 2,499 Yuan (roughly 382 US Dollars). Talking about the device, the base variant arrive four memory configuration models with different price tags.

This includes a 6GB+128GB, 8GB+128GB, 12GB+128GB, and 12GB+256GB variants. On the other hand, the Pro version arrive in just three variants, namely 8GB+256GB, 12GB+256GB, and the 16GB+512GB versions. Each model arrives with a different price tag, but unfortunately, the company didn’t reveal which variant saw the most sales for the entire lineup.

Under the hood, the base variant features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC, while the Pro version houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC. Both devices also sport a 6.67-inch FHD+ (1080 x 2400 pixels) Samsung E4 Super AMOLED flat display that support 144Hz refresh rate and 720Hz multi-finger touch sampling rate. Notably, the gaming smartphone is powered by a large 4,500mAh battery pack that supports up to 120W fast charging.

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Gaming smartphone brand Black Shark has officially launched its latest handsets in the form of the Black Shark 4 series. The lineup includes a total of two devices, namely Black Shark 4 and Black Shark 4 Pro. Let us take a look at the design, specs, features, price, and availability of these phones in this article.

Black Shark 4 Series Design

Unlike the ASUS ROG Phone 5 series, the Black Shark 4 series comes with minimal design when compared to its predecessors. However, it adopts new mechanical shoulder buttons, which use magnetic power-lifting.

Other than that, the devices sport a simple gradient rear panel with a horizontally-aligned triple camera setup. Also, It is worth noting that the X-gradient on the back of the handsets reminds us of the HONOR X series.

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Black Shark 4 Series Specifications and Features

The Black Shark 4 and the Black Shark 4 Pro come with an identical set of specifications except for a few differences here and there.

Talking about dissimilarities first, the vanilla Black Shark 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC. On the other hand, the Black Shark 4 Pro features a more powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC.

Further, the non-Pro model maxes at 12GB RAM, whereas the Pro model sports up to 16GB RAM. Additionally, the regular one has 5500MHz LPDDR5 memory while the Pro variant comes with a 6400MHz LPDDR5 memory chip. Similarly, although both feature UFS 3.1 storage, the Pro not only includes an SSD disk array system but also comes with up to 512GB storage, compared to 256GB on the non-Pro.

As for optics, the duo features an 8MP 120° ultra-wide camera, a 5MP auto-focus macro camera, and a 20MP punch-hole selfie camera. However, the primary shooters are different on both. The standard model has a 48MP Sony IMX582 sensor while the Pro version features a 64MP Sony IMX686 sensor.

Coming to similarities, the phones flaunt a 6.67-inch FHD+ (1080 x 2400 pixels) Samsung E4 Super AMOLED flat display. This SGS eye protection-certified pressure-sensitive screen supports 144Hz refresh rate, 720Hz multi-finger touch sampling rate, 8.3ms multi-finger touch response delay, 1,300 nits peak brightness, DC Dimming, MEMC, and 111% DCI-P3 color gamut

On the connectivity front, the handset support dual-SIM, 5G (only single SIM at a time), WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, A-GPS), and NFC. They also sport all the essential sensors, such as an accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor, compass, proximity sensor, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Other features of the Black Shark 4 series include dual stereo speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack, Z-axis linear vibration motor, liquid cooling system, JOYUI 12.5 based on Android 11 with tons of gaming features, 4,500mAh battery, 120W fast charging, and two USB Type-C ports.

Lastly, the Black Shark 4 comes in five colors (Magic Mirror Black, Ink Sea Black, Lingguang Gray, Storm Blue, Sakura Dance Pink), measures 163.83 x 76.35 x 9.9mm in dimensions, and weighs 210g. Whereas, the Black Shark 4 Pro has the exact same dimensions but it weighs 220g and comes in four colors (Suikong Black, Prism Gray, Ink Sea Black,  Zhan Yuqing).

Black Shark 4 Series Price and Availability

The Black Shark 4 series will retail for the following price tags in China.

Black Shark 4

• 6GB + 128GB – ¥2,499 ($384)
• 8GB + 128GB – ¥2,699 ($414)
• 12GB + 128GB – ¥2,999 ($460)
• 12GB + 256GB – ¥3,299 ($506)

Black Shark 4 Pro

• 8GB + 256GB – ¥3,999 ($614)
• 12GB + 256GB – ¥4,499 ($691)
• 16GB + 512GB – ¥5,299 ($814)

The smartphones are currently up for pre-order in China and their first sale is scheduled for March 26 in the country.

As of now, Black Shark is yet to confirm the global availability of these handsets.

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Black Shark has been dormant on the launch of Black Shark 4 devices. The company is expected to launch two smartphones in the series. However, before the launch, a possible Black Shark 4 Pro variant has been spotted on Geekbench.

A smartphone with model number KSR-A0 appears on Geekbench 5 with the codename ‘Kaiser’. We have seen reports of this device earlier and it was believed to be the Black Shark 4. However, a tipster recently said that the company had changed plans.

As per the reports, the Black Shark 4 series will include two devices- Black Shark 4 and Black Shark 4 Pro. Out of this, the ‘Pro’ variant is said to feature the flagship Snapdragon 888 chipset while the non-Pro will darn the Snapdragon 870 SoC.

To clear you up, the two smartphones that are believed to belong to the Black Shark 4 series, have the following codenames thanks to various certifications like TENAA, 3C:

• Black Shark 4
  • codename: SHARK PSR-A0(3C)
• Black Shark 4 Pro
  • codename: SHARK KSR-A0(TENAA)

Talking about the Geekbench listing itself, we couldn’t find it on the Geekbench database. However, MySmartPrice has reported it first and from the screenshots, we can see that the device features Adreno 660 GPU, has 12GB RAM, runs Android 11, and scores 1,140 and 3,754 on single and multi-core categories.

If this turns out to be the ‘Pro’ variant, then the device will likely sport a 6.67-inch FHD+ display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. This is a downgrade from the 1440p resolution on the predecessor. The devices could also have up to 12GB RAM, 512GB storage, 4,500mAh battery with 120W fast charging support.

With companies like Nubia, ASUS opting for crazy 16/18GB RAM versions, we wouldn’t be surprised if Black Shark joins this bandwagon in 2021.

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