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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