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Black Shark 4S Pro beats the Red Magic 6 Pro and ASUS ROG Phone 5 on AnTuTu benchmarks

Pranav Sawant — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:11:40 +0000

This week Black Shark launched the Shark 4S and Shark 4S Pro in the Chinese market. It is a gaming-centric smartphone series that brings a 144Hz display, Snapdragon 888 SoC, and fast charging support. The smartphone will compete with the likes of Red Magic 6 Pro, ASUS ROG Phone 5, and Lenovo’s Legion Phone Duel 2.

That said, one of the major performance indicators on paper has always been the AnTuTu benchmarks. Well, even before the launch, the Black Shark 4S Pro made it to the AnTuTu listing and it scored an impressive 887,734 points. It scored a CPU score of 216,996 points, a GPU score of 219,912 points, a MEM score of 189,260 points, and a UX score of 161,566 points.

With these scores, the Black Shark 4S Pro is 7.5% faster than the Nubia Red Magic 6 Pro and is nearly 8% faster than the ASUS ROG Phone 5. To compare, as per the AnTuTu September leaderboard, the Red Magic 6 Pro had a lower score of 825,145 and the ROG Phone 5 scored 822,290.

Now, in October’s list of top-performing flagships, we expect the Black Shark 4S Pro to take a lead. Do note that the aforementioned phones power the vanilla Snapdragon 888 SoC. AnTuTu is yet to reveal the leaderboard of the Snapdragon 888 Plus phones.

Black Shark 4S Specifications

The Black Shark 4S series features a 6.67-inch Samsung E4 AMOLED display. It has an FHD+ resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, and 720Hz touch sampling rate. It sports a 20MP front-facing camera and a triple rear camera system. It has an 8MP sensor with a 120-degree FoV, 5MP macro lens, and a 48MP main lens on the Black Shark 4S and a 64MP sensor on the Black Shark 4S Pro.

Under the hood, the smartphone series is powered by Snapdragon processors. The vanilla model has Snapdragon 870 SoC, whereas, the Pro model is powered by the Snapdragon 888 plus chipset. The duo packs a 4,500mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging technology. It boots on JoyUI 12.8 based on Android 11.

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Black Shark 4S, 4S Pro launched with pressure sensitive display and new design

Sudarshan Ravichandran — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:15:41 +0000

Black Shark has finally launched the Black Shark 4S series in China. The latest gaming smartphones are the brand arrive with minor upgrades over their predecessors. Just like the Black Shark 4 series, the Black Shark 4S series also includes two models. These phones are called Black Shark 4S and Black Shark 4S Pro respectively. Let’s take a detailed look at them.

Black Shark 4S, Black Shark 4S Pro Specifications and Features

The BlacK Shark 4S series looks near identical to the ASUS ROG Phone lineup. The new models don’t feature the HONOR X series-like X pattern on their rear as found on their predecessors. However, they retain the mechanical shoulder buttons that use magnetic power-lifting.

The Black Shark 4S is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 as the Black Shark 4S. On the other hand, the Black Shark 4S Pro comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ instead of a Snapdragon 888 like the Black Shark 4 Pro.

Both the devices sport the same 6.67-inch Samsung E4 AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels (FHD+), a 144Hz refresh rate, and a 720Hz touch sampling rate. The panel has two pressure-sensitive zones, a centered punch-hole, and 1300 nits peak brightness. It supports MEMC, DC Dimming, and eye protection mode.

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Further, both phones have LPDDR5 RAM but the vanilla model has a slower 5500Mbps module compared to a faster 6400Mbps module inside the pro. Both come with UFS 3.1 storage but the expensive variant also supports SSD Disk Array System.

The duo house a horizontally-aligned triple rear camera setup, which includes an 8MP 120° ultra-wide unit and a 5MP macro shooter. The primary sensor is of 48MP on the vanilla version and 64MP on the pro. On the front, both nest a 20MP snapper inside the punch-hole.

On the connectivity front, the handsets support dual-SIM, 5G, dual-band WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, GNSS (GPS, A-GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS), NFC, USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Other features of these phones include a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, RGB light, dual stereo speakers, ambient light sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, compass, gyroscope, and barometer.

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Last but not least, the Black Shark 4S series run a MIUI-based JOYUI 12.8 operating system backed by a 4,5000mah battery with support for 120W proprietary fast charging. It is also compatible with other charging protocols like Qualcomm Quick Charge (QC) and USB Power Delivery (PD).

Black Shark 4S, Black Shark 4S Pro Price and Availability

The Black Shark 4S and Black Shark 4S Pro will retail at the following price tags in China.

Black Shark 4S

Colors
- Black
- White
- Gundam Limited Edition
Price
- 8GB + 128GB – ¥2,699 ($419)
- 12GB + 128GB – ¥2,999 ($465)
- 12GB + 256GB – ¥3,299 ($512)
- Gundam Limited Edition (12GB + 256GB) – ¥3,499 ($543)

Black Shark 4S Pro

Colors
- Black
- White
Price
- 12GB + 256GB – ¥4,799 ($745)
- 16GB + 512GB – ¥5,499 ($853)

The smartphones are already up for pre-order in China. They will go on sale from October 15. Like their predecessors, they could also make their way to international markets in the coming days.

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Black Shark 4S rumor roundup: Specs, Price, Colors & More – What to Expect!

Pranav Sawant — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:23:22 +0000

Xiaomi’s gamer-centric sub-brand Black Shark is scheduled to launch the Black Shark 4S smartphone series on October 13 in the Chinese market. The series is expected to have two phones – the Black Shark 4S and Black Shark 4S Pro. Thanks to various certifications, details for both phones are partially available. Today, we’ll do a rumour roundup of all the details learned so far, giving us an idea of what to expect from the upcoming Shark 4S series launch event.

Black Shark 4S Rumor Roundup: What to Expect?

Design and Display

Only recently, the rumours for the Black Shark 4S series surfaced on the internet confirming the monikers. Recent posters revealed that the 4S series will bring a similar design as the predecessors with slightly different graphics at the back.

The duo is touted to come with a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with a Full-HD+ resolution. The series will feature a 144Hz refresh rate and a touch sampling rate of a whopping 720Hz. This time around, the screen will be a punch-hole panel with thin bezels. Reportedly, it is said to be a Samsung E4 panel.

The series will feature a pressure-sensitive screen offering dual-zone pressure sensitivity. These pressure-sensitive zones will serve as in-game controls.

Cameras on the Black Shark 4S

The Black Shark 4S series is expected to come with a triple camera system at the rear and a single selfie camera. While the details for the vanilla model are yet to be known, rumours reveal that the 4S Pro will have a 64MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, and a 5MP macro camera. Upfront, it will feature a 20MP selfie snapper.

For those who are unaware, this is the same camera setup seen in the predecessor Black Shark 4 Pro. That said, the vanilla model is also expected to come with a similar camera system but, it may replace the 64MP lens with some other sensor.

Hardware and Software

A popular tipster Bald Panda revealed that the Pro model will come powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ SoC. Recently, an AnTuTu listing confirmed that the device is indeed powering the Snapdragon 888+.

To recall, the predecessor powered the non-plus variant of the Snapdragon 888. Hence, there will be a slight improvement in the performance. The AnTuTu sheet showed a score of 887734.

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Talking about the vanilla model, reports claim that the 4S will also have Snapdragon 888+ chipset. The duo will have up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.1 built-in storage. Reportedly, the Pro model will have an SSD disk array system which allows the storage to offer faster read and write speeds.

As for the battery, the Black Shark 4S series is expected to have fast charging support. However, only the Pro model’s exact details are available. The Shark 4S Pro will pack a 4,500mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging support. We can expect a similar battery capacity in the vanilla model. The series will run on Android 11 out of the box with Joy UI on top of it.

Pricing, Color variants, and Availability

Unfortunately, the pricing of the series has not been leaked. But, what we know are the colour variants. Considering it will be a gamer-centric smartphone series, the phones won’t have any fancy colours. Instead, there will be only two finishes – White and Blue. Both colours will have heavy graphics at the back with a Black Shark branding.

The series will launch on October 13 in China and is expected to go on sale soon after its launch. As of now, there’s no intimation of its global release but we expect the phones to land in other markets in the coming months.