Black Shark on Wednesday launched the all-new Black Shark 5 gaming smartphone series in China. The series comprises the vanilla Black Shark 5 and Black Shark 5 Pro. Both bring a new design as opposed to the predecessors and have the latest hardware in their sleeves. The phones come with the fancy SharkEye RGB light effect at the back and the Pro bags DXOMark’s top-ranked speaker setup.

Black Shark 5 Series Pricing and Colors

The Black Shark 5 starts at CNY 2,799(~$441) for the 8GB + 128 variant, CNY 2999(~$472) for the 12GB + 128GB variant, and CNY 3,299(~$520) for the 12GB + 256GB variant. The phone comes in Black, Dawan White, and Exploration Gray colors.

The Black Shark 5 Pro is priced at CNY 4,199(~$661) for the 8GB + 25GB variant, CNY 4,699(~$740) for the 12GB + 256GB variant, and CNY 5,499(~$866) for the 16GB + 512GB variant. It has Meteorite Black and Tiangong White colors.

The phones will go on pre-order starting today and the sale in offline and online markets start from April 2. The series can be bought from Black Shark stores, Xiaomi stores, and other authorized stores like JD.com.

Black Shark 5, Black Shark 5 Pro Specifications 

The Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro come with a 6.67-inch FHD+(2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display with up to 144Hz refresh rate. It is a Samsung E4 AMOLED panel with 1300 nits of max brightness, DC dimming, and 100% P3 color gamut. It has HDR10+ support and 1.07 billion colors. The screen has a 720Hz touch sampling rate and has a dual-zone pressure-sensitive screen which is said to be useful for gamers. The display also has SGS Blu-ray certification and an 8.3ms multi-finger touch response delay.

The Pro is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5 and 512GB UFS 3.1 + SSD storage. This combination of storage is called the Disk Array 2.0 technology, and thanks to it, the read and write speeds have increased by 55% and 69%, respectively. The vanilla Black Shark 5 has the Snapdragon 870 SoC paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

The Pro’s AnTuTu scores were revealed and it has scored 1,129,716 points on the test. The duo has a VC cooling system and the Pro packs a 5320mm² large VC area. Since both are gaming phones, they have magnetic lift-up shoulder trigger buttons offering a better gaming experience.

The duo has a triple camera system with the Pro having a 108MP Samsung S5KHM2 main lens, a 13MP OmniVision OV13B10 ultra-wide sensor, and a 5MP Samsung S5K5E9 telephoto lens. The vanilla Black Shark 5 has a 64MP main lens, + a 13MP ultra-wide lens, and a 2MP macro sensor. Upfront, both have a 16MP sensor for selfies.

The phones house a 4,650mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging technology. The company claims that the phone can be fully charged in just 15 minutes. The Pro comes with a speaker setup that scored an impressive 86 points on the DXOMARK audio test. Both phones boot on Android 12 OS and have JoyUI 13 on top. As for connectivity, there’s Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth v5.2.

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The Black Shark 5 series of gaming smartphones have recently been making rounds of Chinese certification databases hinting at an imminent launch. And now, the Black Shark 5 and the Black Shark 5 Pro have received approval from China’s 3C certification site revealing their fast-charging capabilities.

Both the Black Shark 5 carrying the model number PAR-A0 and Black Shark 5 Pro with model number KTUS-A0 are revealed to carry 120W fast-charging support. This is in line with the previous leaks about the Black Shark 5 series smartphones.

Black Shark 5 specifications (rumored)

A recent TENAA listing of the Black Shark 5 revealed that the smartphone measures 163.83 x 76.25 x 10.37mm and weighs 223 grams. The device will be available in multiple colors such as White, Dawn White, Dark Universe Black, and Exploration Gray.

The Black Shark 5 has a 6.67-inch AMOLED FHD+ display with an in-screen fingerprint scanner. It is powered by a 3.2GHz chip, which could be a Snapdragon 8-series chip. The SoC is coupled with 8 GB / 12 GB of RAM and 128 GB / 256 GB of storage. It draws power from a 4,650mAh battery and supports 120W fast charging.  For photography, it has a 64-megapixel triple camera unit on the back and a 13-megapixel front camera.

Black Shark 5 Pro specifications (rumored)

The Black Shark 5 Pro is expected to measure 163.86 x 76.53 x 9.8mm and weighs 226 grams. It will feature a 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen with an in-display fingerprint sensor. It will likely come with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 under its hood with 8 GB / 12 GB / 16 GB of RAM. The Black Shark 5 Pro may come in 256GB and 512 storage variants. It features a 4,650mAh battery and will come with 120W fast charging. So far, it is rumored that the Black Shark 5 Pro has a triple camera setup on the rear panel with a 108-megapixel primary sensor while on the front it is said to come with a 13-megapixel selfie snapper.

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Earlier today, news broke Tencent will officially acquire the Black Shark gaming phone brand in China. Hours after those talks, the popular Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station revealed that the company also has plans for launching the Black Shark 5 series this year.

As per the tipster, the company has the Black Shark 5 series in the pipeline. It will have two phones codenamed the Katyusha and Patriot. The former device with model number KTUS-A0 has already been filed with China’s MIIT confirming its existence.

The tipster further revealed that the series will bring significant upgrades over the predecessor like a new chipset, big battery, and the latest OS. The Black Shark 5 will come with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and run on Android 12-based JOYUI. The phone will have a 4,600mAh dual-cell battery and support 100W fast charging support.

Moreover, another tipster called Bald Panda revealed that the Black Shark 5 Pro will pack a 5,000mAH battery, have a 120W fast charging support, and will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. He also revealed that the device may feature a 6.8-inch AMOLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate and 2k resolution.

To recall, the predecessor Black Shark 4S and 4S Pro had a smaller 4,500mAh battery and was powered by Snapdragon 870/888 SoC.

As of now, Black Shark is yet to officially tease the series, but we expect the company to announce it soon as we get to see more such leaks in the future.

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Black Shark 4 series debuted in the first half of 2021. Almost four months later, the brand is reported to launch yet another smartphone. This piece of information comes from Digital Chat Station, a reliable tipster from China.

According to the leaker, the upcoming Black Shark handset will arrive with model number KTUS-A0. The device is certified with the name ‘Black Shark 5’. This clearly suggests that it will be the direct successor of Black Shark 4.

As per the tipster, this phone could be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ SoC. He also suggests that it may have support for 100W fast charging (probably 120W like its predecessors). Unfortunately, he does not mention anything else other than these two parameters.

Going by the two features revealed by Digital Chat Station, the forthcoming Black Shark 5 will be a minor upgrade over the Black Shark 4 series released a few months back. Hence, it should retain most of the key features.

For those unaware, the Black Shark 4 series features a 6.67-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate and 720Hz multi-finger touch sampling rate. The main highlight of these phones is their magnetic mechanical shoulder buttons, which are also used by Redmi K40 Gaming Edition (aka POCO F3 GT).

Other features include an LPDDR5 RAM module, UFS 3.1 storage, Z-axis linear vibration motor, liquid cooling system, 3.5mm headphone jack, dual stereo speakers, dual USB Type-C ports, 4,500mAh battery, and JOYUI 12.5 based on Android 11.

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